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NASA Invites Media to First Astronaut Launch Aboard Boeing’s Starliner
As part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, the agency opened media accreditation for the launch of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station. The mission will be the company’s first Starliner spacecraft mission with crew. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will launch aboard Starliner on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket and dock at…
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Experience the Launch of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Mission
Digital content creators are invited to register to attend the launch of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission to the International Space Station. The mission will be the first crewed launch of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Starliner will launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, carrying NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and…
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NASA, Boeing to Host Media Briefing, Provide Starliner Update
NASA and Boeing will host a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT Wednesday, March 29, to provide an update on the Crew Flight Test (CFT) of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station. Managers will share a mission status and discuss upcoming milestones ahead of Starliner’s first flight with astronauts prior to certifying the spacecraft and systems for…
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NASA, Boeing Announce Crew Changes for Starliner Crew Flight Test
Veteran NASA astronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore will join astronauts Mike Fincke and Nicole Mann for NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test, the inaugural crewed flight of the CST-100 Starliner launching to the International Space Station in 2021. Wilmore will take the place of Boeing astronaut Chris Ferguson on the flight test as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Ferguson decided not to fly for personal reasons. Wilmore…
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NASA to Provide Coverage of Boeing Orbital Flight Test for Commercial Crew
The launch of Boeing’s Orbital Flight Test (OFT) to the International Space Station, as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, is targeted for 6:36 a.m. EST Friday, Dec. 20. The uncrewed flight test will be the Boeing CST-100 Starliner’s maiden mission to the space station. Live coverage will begin on NASA Television and the agency’s website Tuesday, Dec. 17, with prelaunch events. Starliner will launch…
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Boeing’s Starliner Completes Pad Abort Test for Commercial Crew
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft completed a critical safety milestone on Monday in an end-to-end test of its abort system. The Pad Abort Test took place at Launch Complex 32 at the U.S. Army’s White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The test was designed to verify each of Starliner’s systems will function not only separately, but in concert, to protect…
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NASA TV to Air Boeing Starliner Pad Abort Test
NASA and Boeing will broadcast live coverage of the CST-100 Starliner Pad Abort Test on Monday, Nov. 4, from Launch Complex 32 at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The test is scheduled for 9 a.m. EST (7 a.m. MST) with a three-hour test window. Live coverage is targeted to start at 8:50 a.m., on NASA Television and the…
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Starliner Nears First Uncrewed Launch
American space programs are getting closer to putting an American astronaut back on the Moon. Boeing’s Starliner space capsule just completed its final and most challenging set of parachute tests. The capsule successfully landed at the U.S. Army’s White Sands Missile Range after being dropped from a balloon at 40,000 feet with two of its five parachutes disabled. In a further…
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Boeing Starliner Takes HUGE Step Forward
Boeing’s Starliner team recently entered the final stretch in their efforts to restore human spaceflight launch capabilities to America. Working out of Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Starliner team put the finishing touches on the second Starliner space vehicle: “Spacecraft 2.” This vehicle is the first American-built, human-rated spacecraft assembled from scratch since the Space Shuttle Columbia almost four decades…
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