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Boeing Starliner-1, also called Post Certification Mission-1 (PCM-1), is the name of the first operational crewed mission of the Boeing Starliner to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the Commercial Crew Program. It was originally planned as the first Starliner mission following the Starliner Crewed flight test (CFT). [4]
In November 2019, NASA's Office of Inspector General released a report revealing that a change to Boeing's contract had occurred in 2016, [41] stating: "For Boeing's third through sixth crewed missions, we found that NASA agreed to pay an additional $287.2 million above Boeing's fixed prices to mitigate a perceived 18-month gap in ISS flights ...
Boeing's CST-100 Starliner – "CST" an acronym for "Crew Space Transportation" – measures 4.6 meters (15 feet) in diameter and 5.1 meters (17 feet) in height. [ 106 ] [ 107 ] [ 138 ] The crew module of Starliner can be reused for up to ten flights, while the service module is expended during each flight.
The Boeing Starliner Orbital Flight Test (also known as Boe-OFT) was the first orbital mission of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, conducted by Boeing as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. The mission was planned to be an eight-day test flight of the spacecraft, involving a rendezvous and docking with the International Space Station (ISS ...
The Boeing Pad Abort Test (also abbreviated to Boe-PAT) was a test of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and its abort motors, conducted by Boeing as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. It was the first flight of Starliner and one of the last milestones ahead of OFT. The mission's main objective was to demonstrate that Starliner could safely pull ...
Starliner undocks from space station, heads for Earth. The uncrewed spacecraft departed from the station at 6:04 p.m. ET in a process that took five minutes to complete.
Boeing Pad Abort Test: Boeing Starliner Spacecraft 1 Uncrewed Pad Abort Test — 2019-11-04 Success Boeing Orbital Flight Test: Boeing Starliner Calypso: Uncrewed test flight. [93] Was the first flight of an Atlas V with a dual engine Centaur upper stage. Was originally planned to spend eight days docked to ISS before landing.
On August 25, 2020, NASA announced that Epps would join Starliner-1, the first operational mission of Boeing's Starliner to the ISS, which was delayed from its scheduled launch in the summer of 2021. [ 31 ] [ 32 ] According to The New York Times , the launch would have made Epps "the first Black woman to be part of an I.S.S. crew," a milestone ...