The CST-100's First Two Astronauts Have Arrived at Kennedy Space Center for Next Month's Launch...

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NASA, Boeing Crew Lands in Florida for Starliner Mission (News Release)

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams landed on April 25, at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida after a short flight from Ellington Field near NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Paying homage to their piloting days as retired U.S. Navy captains, they flew to Kennedy in a T-38 jet.

As part of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test, Wilmore and Williams are the first to launch aboard the company’s Starliner spacecraft on a ULA (United Launch Alliance) Atlas V rocket to the International Space Station.

Shortly after 1 p.m. EDT, NASA leaders will hold a brief welcome ceremony with the following participants:

- Jennifer Kunz, associate director, NASA Kennedy
- Dana Hutcherson, deputy manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program
- NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore
- NASA astronaut Suni Williams

The welcome ceremony will air live on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube and the agency’s website. Learn how to stream NASA TV through a variety of platforms including social media.

Meanwhile, NASA, Boeing and ULA representatives are participating in the agency’s Flight Test Readiness Review at NASA Kennedy. The two-day event, which is scheduled to conclude April 25, verifies the mission readiness, including all systems, facilities and teams that will support the launch.

Liftoff is scheduled for 10:34 p.m. on Monday, May 6, from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The astronauts will spend about a week at the orbiting laboratory before the crew capsule makes a parachute and airbag-assisted landing in the southwestern United States.

Source: NASA.Gov