This weekend, Boeing engineers will continue testing and evaluating the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft inside the Vertical Integration Facility (VIF) at Space Launch Complex-41. Yesterday, teams powered up the spacecraft to receive data and send commands to the propulsion system valves that unexpectedly indicated “closed” positions early in the launch countdown on Tuesday. The transmitted commands […]
Mission Updates
Starliner, Atlas V Secured in Vertical Integration Facility
This morning, the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, atop an Atlas V rocket, returned to the Vertical Integration Facility (VIF) as work continues for Starliner’s second uncrewed orbital flight test. Teams from Boeing and United Launch Alliance (ULA) have begun assembly of necessary support structures around the spacecraft to access the vehicle’s Service Module. Boeing engineers are […]
ULA, Boeing Update Schedule To Move Starliner, Atlas V To Vertical Integration Facility
This afternoon, ULA and Boeing updated the schedule to roll the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, atop an Atlas V rocket, back to United Launch Alliance’s Vertical Integration Facility (VIF). The transition, which was planned for Wednesday afternoon, will occur on Thursday, allowing the team to complete necessary work ahead of the Boeing-led inspections that will take […]
Starliner Team Will Take Additional Time To Prepare For Launch
Following today’s scrubbed launch of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, Boeing is working to understand the source of the unexpected valve position indications in the propulsion system. The issues were first detected during checkouts after electrical storms passed over Kennedy Space Center on Monday. Engineering teams have now cycled the Service Module propulsion system valves with […]
NASA-Boeing to Delay Starliner Launch
During pre-launch preparations for the uncrewed test flight of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, Boeing engineers monitoring the health and status of the vehicle detected unexpected valve position indications in the propulsion system. The issue was initially detected during check outs following yesterday’s electrical storms in the region of Kennedy Space Center. Consequently, the launch of […]
Starliner Powered Up, Hatch Closed
Yesterday, the engineering team working inside the Boeing Mission Control Center in Florida powered up the CST-100 Starliner to ensure all systems are performing as intended ahead of the spacecraft’s planned liftoff atop the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket for the Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2). The final Mission Data Load (MDL) software, which […]