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Boeing officials said on August 25, 2020 that they set the stage for the first Starliner demonstration mission with astronauts in mid-2021. [26] Boeing modified the design of the Starliner docking system prior to OFT-2 to add a re-entry cover for additional protection during the capsule's fiery descent through the atmosphere.
The Crew-8 and Crew-9 missions were both modified in response to the unexpected need to support the crew of the Starliner Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT), which visited ISS during the Crew-8 mission. Problems with the Starliner caused NASA to extend its mission and ultimately to bring the spacecraft back to Earth without crew. The Crew-8 mission ...
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]
White with black and blue trim, Boeing's Starliner capsule is about 10 feet (3 meters) tall and 15 feet (4.5 meters) in diameter. It can fit up to seven people, though NASA crews typically will ...
PHOTO: Boeing and NASA teams work around NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test Starliner spacecraft after it landed uncrewed, at White Sands, New Mexico, on Sept. 6, 2024. (Aubrey Gemignani/NASA via Reuters)
Starliner will carry NASA’s Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore to the International Space Station, marking what could be a momentous and long-awaited victory for the beleaguered Boeing program.
Boeing's troubled Starliner has left the International Space Station and is making its way back to Earth for a landing in the New Mexico desert. ... lands around 12:03 a.m. Saturday at White Sands ...
Boeing Starliner-1 (PCM-1) Boeing / NASA: Low Earth Expedition 73 / 74 First operational Starliner mission, as part of the Commercial Crew Program. Double-booked with Crew-11; only one of these missions will fly in this timeslot. [24] August (TBD) [25] Antares 330: MARS LP-0A: Northrop Grumman: Cygnus NG-23: NASA: Low Earth ISS logistics