The CST-100 Is Officially Set to Launch Two Astronauts to the ISS on May 6!

United Launch Alliance

NASA Gives Starliner ‘Go to Proceed’ (News Release - April 25)

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 missions, and is a forum for technical briefings and discussions for NASA and its partners to align on readiness.

Carrying NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, Starliner will launch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket no earlier than 10:34 p.m. Eastern Time on May 6 from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Starliner arrived at Space Launch Complex-41 on April 16 after making the trek from the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center. Starliner was placed atop the Atlas V rocket and is scheduled to be transported a short distance to the pad on May 4.

During the test flight, Commander Wilmore and pilot Williams and the Boeing team will test end-to-end capabilities of the Starliner system from pre-launch to docking at the International Space Station, and from undocking to landing and recovery.

Following a successful test, NASA will work to complete certification of the Starliner spacecraft and systems for regular crew rotation missions to the space station.

Source: StarlinerUpdates.com

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