The Crew Flight Test crew is getting ready for the rendezvous and docking. Today, mission managers gave the “go” for the Starliner spacecraft to proceed with International Space Station (ISS) integrated operations at 12:15 p.m. ET after a review of the vehicle’s status and continued monitoring of the helium system. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams […]
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Starliner Manual Piloting Demonstrations Successful
Crew tests unique Starliner manual piloting capability on orbit. On the way to the International Space Station, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams tested out a unique capability of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft on orbit – manual piloting. Although the spacecraft is usually autonomous, the crew used the hand controller to point and aim the spacecraft during […]
Starliner on orbit, astronauts headed to space station
The CST-100 Starliner has reached a safe, stable orbit during its first crewed flight test. Carrying its first passengers — NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams — the CST-100 Starliner is on its way to the International Space Station. The spacecraft performed its planned orbital insertion burn about 31 minutes after launching from […]
CFT crew in seats, Starliner hatch closed
Starliner progressing towards final countdown ahead of first crew flight At 9:08 a.m. ET on Wednesday, June 5, Boeing engineers and technicians closed the hatch to the CST-100 Starliner after ensuring NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were safely secured in their seats ahead of launch. Mission operators will conduct leak checks on […]
Starliner Remains Powered Up for Launch
Boeing subsystem experts and engineers have been working in shifts to provide around-the-clock monitoring of the Starliner spacecraft from their positions on console in Boeing’s Mission Control Center (BMCC) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida since initial powerup and activation operations began at 3:30 a.m. ET on Friday, May 31. All systems are flight […]
NASA, Boeing Set for June 5 Crew Flight Test Launch Attempt
Teams at NASA and Boeing confirmed Monday the company’s Starliner spacecraft, ULA (United Launch Alliance) Atlas V rocket, and ground support equipment are healthy and ready for the next launch attempt. The first Starliner flight with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, known as NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test, is targeted to liftoff at […]