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The Boeing Starliner (or CST-100) [c] is a spacecraft designed to transport crew to and from the International Space Station (ISS) and other low-Earth-orbit destinations. Developed by Boeing under NASA 's Commercial Crew Program (CCP), it consists of a reusable crew capsule and an expendable service module .
The Starliner capsule is designed to dock autonomously with the space station, but Wilmore and Williams can take manual control if needed. The Boeing Starliner capsule prepares to dock with the ...
Boeing Crew Flight Test (Boe-CFT) was the first crewed mission of the Boeing Starliner capsule. Launched on 5 June 2024, the mission flew a crew of two NASA astronauts, Barry E. Wilmore and Sunita Williams, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to the International Space Station.
Starliner was expected to dock at the space station by 12:15 p.m. ET, but the thruster issue caused a delay of an hour and 15 minutes, and the mission moved on to a new docking window.
(Reuters) -Boeing's new Starliner capsule and an inaugural two-member NASA crew safely docked with the International Space Station on Thursday, meeting a key test in proving the vessel's flight ...
Boeing modified the design of the Starliner docking system after the OFT-1 flight, adding a hinged re-entry cover below the expendable nosecone for additional protection during the capsule's fiery descent through the atmosphere similar to the one used in the SpaceX Dragon 2 nosecone. This was tested on the OFT-2 mission.
Boeing's Starliner undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) late Friday and made its return voyage to Earth, without the astronauts it carried into space. The spacecraft landed safely ...
The only other time Boeing’s Starliner flew in space, it never got anywhere near the station, ending up in the wrong orbit. Boeing’s flight comes three years after Elon Musk’s Spacex pulled ...