On Wednesday, January 8, the Starliner that flew the uncrewed Orbital Flight Test returned safely to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. After launching from Cape Canaveral on December 20, 2019, and landing at the White Sands Missile Range on December 22, the Starliner was recovered and prepared for shipment across the country, and […]
Mission Updates
Starliner Begins Transport Back to Kennedy Space Center
Starliner has left New Mexico en route to Florida where the spacecraft will be further evaluated and processed at the Starliner Production Factory ahead of upcoming missions to the International Space Station. After a successful landing and recovery at the conclusion of the spacecraft’s first orbital flight test, Starliner was moved into the Flight Test […]
Starliner Data Collected Ahead of Spacecraft Move
Engineers and technicians are conducting closer studies of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft as they recover data from onboard systems and begin preparing the vehicle for its return to Florida, where it will be readied for a future crewed mission to the International Space Station. The same teammates who packed Starliner for its Orbital Flight Test […]
Dec. 22 Starliner mission update teleconference archived
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, Boeing Senior Vice President of Space and Launch Jim Chilton, and Deputy Manager of NASA Commercial Crew Steve Stich provided a post-landing Starliner mission update today from Mission Control at Johnson Space Center in Houston. Archived video here: https://youtu.be/kocZnVAbRsk
Boeing Starliner Completes First Orbital Flight Test with Successful Landing
• Starliner touches down safely in Western U.S. two days after post-launch anomaly WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M., Dec. 22, 2019 — The Boeing [NYSE: BA] CST-100 Starliner’s first mission ended historically today when it became the first American orbital space capsule to land on American soil rather than in an ocean. The spacecraft’s […]
Back on Earth
Starliner has landed safely, recovery teams preparing to deploy.