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 […]
Mission Updates
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 […]
Starliner Back at the Launch Pad, Positioned for Liftoff
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner is now in launch position on Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The Starliner, which is mated to the top of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket, rolled to the launch pad on train tracks at a speed of about 1 mph from the Vertical […]
Teams Targeting Aug. 3 for Starliner Orbital Flight Test-2 Launch
With the International Space Station in a good configuration and ready to welcome Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner, teams from NASA, Boeing and United Launch Alliance are targeting Tuesday, Aug. 3, at 1:20 p.m. ET, for the Orbital Flight Test-2 launch. Docking with the International Space Station is scheduled for the following day, Wednesday, Aug. 4, at […]