NASA and Boeing are proceeding with plans for the uncrewed Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) to the International Space Station following a full day of briefings and discussions during a Flight Readiness Review that took place at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Launch of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on a United Launch Alliance […]
Mission Updates
Starliner returns to launch site for OFT-2
The spacecraft rolled out May 4 from the back of Boeing’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a transport vehicle and then left the parking lot at about 11:00 a.m. EDT. Starliner made a carefully orchestrated trek to United Launch Alliance’s Vertical Integration Facility (VIF) at Cape […]
Starliner OFT-2 Targeted for May 19
The launch of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on the company’s second uncrewed Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program is targeted for 6:54 p.m. EDT, Thursday, May 19, from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. NASA and Boeing […]
NASA, Boeing Prepare to Replace Starliner Service Modules Ahead of Upcoming Orbital Flight Test-2
NASA and Boeing continue making progress toward the agency’s upcoming Starliner Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) mission to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Teams recently completed offloading fuel from the OFT-2 spacecraft inside Starliner’s production factory at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for separating and replacing the […]
Boeing to Move Up Service Modules for Commercial Crew Flight Tests
Following extensive testing and analysis of oxidizer isolation valves on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner service module propulsion system, Boeing has decided to move up service modules currently in production for its upcoming uncrewed and crewed flight tests to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The service module originally planned for its […]
NASA, Boeing Update Starliner Orbital Flight Test-2 Status
The NASA, Boeing team continues to make progress on the investigation of the oxidizer isolation valve issue on the Starliner service module propulsion system that was discovered ahead of the planned uncrewed Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) mission to the International Space Station in August. “I am proud of the work our integrated teams are doing,” […]