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Boeing and NASA are eager to finish the uncrewed test flight of the CST-100 Starliner and help pave the way for a future crewed flight to the International Space Station.

If you would like to see more articles like this please support our coverage of the space program by becoming a Spaceflight Now Member. If everyone who enjoys our website helps fund it, we can expand and improve our coverage further. The completed Boeing Starliner vehicle for the second Orbital Flight Test (OFT-2) is seen in the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Starliner crew module for the unpiloted Orbital Flight Test-2 mission wa...

If you would like to see more articles like this please support our coverage of the space program by becoming a Spaceflight Now Member. If everyone who enjoys our website helps fund it, we can expand and improve our coverage further. The Boeing Starliner crew module is hoisted across the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 14, 2021, to be mated with the service module. Credit: Boeing/John Proferes The launch of the next test flight ...

18 February 2021, 8:32 pm EST By Boeings plan of debuting and the test flight of its latest spacecraft, the Boeing Starliner, has been spoiled and pushed back because of several reasons. The spacecraft is bound for the International Space Station for its orbital flight and mission but would need to have gone some tests with the earliest already scheduled in early April. (Photo : Photo credit: Boeing/John Proferes) NASA and Boeing teams are adjusting the launch date of Orbital Flight Test-2 to...

If you would like to see more articles like this please support our coverage of the space program by becoming a Spaceflight Now Member. If everyone who enjoys our website helps fund it, we can expand and improve our coverage further. The Starliner crew module for the unpiloted Orbital Flight Test-2 mission was mated to its service module Jan. 14 inside the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: Boeing/John Proferes The U.S. Space Force has...

NASA sets date for next Boeing Starliner launch An artists impression showing the Boeing Starliner capsule in orbit Boeing Boeing Boeing/John Proferes NASA and Boeing have set a target date for the second launch of the Starliner spacecraft, which was designed – along with SpaceX’s Crew Dragon – to return crewed launch capabilities to American soil. Back in 2010 NASA launched the Commercial Crew Program (CCP), an initiative that sought to facilitate the creation of new human-rated ...