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.jpg) Boeing Starliner CFT crew capsule mounted atop a ULA Atlas V launch vehicle at launch pad undergoing pre-launch preparations | |
| Names | Boe-CFT[1] |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Test flight |
| Operator | Boeing Defense, Space & Security |
| Mission duration | ~8 days (planned) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Boeing Starliner Calypso |
| Spacecraft type | Boeing Starliner |
| Manufacturer | Boeing Defense, Space & Security |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 2 |
| Members | |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | NET 1 June 2024 at 16:25 UTC (June 1, 2024 at 12:25 PM EDT) |
| Rocket | Atlas V N22[a] |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral, SLC-41 |
| Contractor | United Launch Alliance |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | TBD |
| Landing site | White Sands Missile Range |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Inclination | 51.66° |
| Docking with International Space Station | |
| Docking port | Harmony forward |
| Docking date | TBD (planned) |
| Undocking date | TBD (planned) |
| Time docked | TBD (planned) |
.jpg) Williams (left) and Wilmore (Right) | |
Boeing Crew Flight Test (Boe-CFT) will be the first crewed mission of the Boeing Starliner and the third orbital flight test of the Starliner overall after the two uncrewed orbital flight tests, Boe-OFT and Boe-OFT 2 in 2019 and 2022. The flight was scheduled for liftoff at 2:34 on 7 May UTC (May 6, 2024, at 10:34 PM EDT), but was scrubbed about two hours before liftoff. The cause of the scrub was due to an oxygen valve problem on the United Launch Alliance's (ULA) Atlas V.[b][2][3] Since the inital scrub, the launch has been repeatedly delayed due to a helium leak in the Starliner service module.[4] The launch was rescheduled for no earlier than 1 June 2024 at 16:25 UTC (Saturday, June 1, 2024 at 12:25 PM EDT).[5]
The first crewed flight test was initially planned to occur in 2017.[6] Various delays pushed the launch of the CFT mission to no earlier than 21 July 2023,[7] but Boeing announced in August 2023 that it would be delayed to no earlier than March 2024 due to issues with the parachute system and wiring harnesses and further investigations.[8]
The mission will entail flying a crew of two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station for a one-week test flight and then returning the crew via a ground landing in the American Southwest. The spacecraft was integrated with the Atlas launch vehicle on 16 April 2024 in preparation for launch.[9]
- ^ "International Space Station Status" (PDF). NASA. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ Speck, Emilee (5 May 2024). "Watch live: Boeing Starliner ready to launch NASA astronauts from Florida". Fox Weather. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ William Harwood. "Starliner launch scrubbed by trouble with a valve in the Atlas 5's Centaur upper stage". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ Harwood, William (21 May 2024). "NASA orders yet another delay for Boeing's hard-luck Starliner". CBS News. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ Kekatos, Mary (23 May 2024). "NASA announces new launch date for Boeing's Starliner astronaut-crewed mission after several delays". ABC News. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- ^ "Boeing and SpaceX Selected to Build America's New Crew Space Transportation System". NASA. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ "Boeing, ULA roll Starliner spacecraft out to pad 41 ahead of Crew Flight Test launch in May – Spaceflight Now". Retrieved 16 April 2024.
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