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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 | ISS crew transport test |
| Operator | Boeing Defense, Space & Security |
| Mission duration | ~8 days (planned) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Starliner Calypso |
| Spacecraft type | Starliner |
| Manufacturer | Boeing Defense, Space & Security |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 2 |
| Members | |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | NET 17 May 2024 at 22:16 UTC (May 17, 2024 at 6:16 PM EDT)[2] |
| 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) |
 Boeing Crew Flight Test Patch .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 6 May 2024 mission scrub was due to an oxygen valve problem on the United Launch Alliance's (ULA) Atlas V, and not due to any anomaly on the Starliner portion of the rocket.[b][3][4] The launch is now scheduled to occur no earlier than 17 May at 22:16 UTC (Friday, May 17, 2024 at 6:16 PM EDT).
The first crewed flight test was initially planned to occur in 2017.[5] Various delays pushed the launch of the CFT mission to no earlier than 21 July 2023,[6] 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.[7]
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.[8]
- ^ "International Space Station Status" (PDF). NASA. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ Groh, Jamie (7 May 2024). "NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test Targets New Launch Date". NASA Commercial Crew Program. Retrieved 7 May 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.
- ^ "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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