Mission Updates

Starliner nears first crew launch to the International Space Station for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.  United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V liquid cryogenic fuel tanks on the booster and upper stages are now fueled and the launch vehicle is in stable replenish mode. Now that the rocket is in a stable condition and dynamic loading of […]

Starliner is powered up and activated for flight. On Sunday, May 5, engineers took their positions on console in Boeing’s Mission Control Center (BMCC) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to power up and activate the Starliner spacecraft ahead of the Crew Flight Test (CFT). The spacecraft will remain powered on from now until […]

Atop an Atlas V rocket on the launch pad, Starliner prepares to fly its first astronauts to the space station. Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner is in position on Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, where it is scheduled to launch no earlier than May 6 at 10:34 p.m. Eastern time. Moving […]

Readiness of integrated Atlas V / Starliner systems confirmed ahead of roll to pad. Mission managers with Boeing, United Launch Alliance and NASA met Friday morning to assess the readiness of the Atlas V rocket and Starliner spacecraft, and have given a “go” to proceed with the Crew Flight Test (CFT) launch. Roll of the […]

Team prepares for the spacecraft’s first crewed flight to the International Space Station. Boeing and NASA are proceeding with plans for the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft’s Crew Flight Test following a Flight Test Readiness Review at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The readiness review is a standard pre-launch milestone ahead of all human spaceflight […]

The spacecraft now sits atop an Atlas V rocket The first CST-100 Starliner to fly astronauts rolled out of its factory early in the morning on Tuesday, April 16, with teammates and astronauts there to wish the spacecraft farewell. The spacecraft emerged from the back of the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility on a […]