Starliner

Boeing expects to conduct an uncrewed Orbital Flight Test (OFT) of the Starliner on 2019-12-17 using a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 from Cape Canaveral.

NASA awarded a Commercial Crew Transportation Capability contract to Boeing in 2014 to fly astronauts to and from the International Space Station with its Starliner spacecraft.

When CFT was scheduled for February 2023, NASA had tentatively planned the first operational Starliner mission, Starliner-1, for fall 2023.

Starliner’s Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than 10:34 p.m. Eastern on 2024-05-06 on a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5.

NASA delayed Starliner’s undocking from an initial 2024-06-14 date to no earlier than 2024-06-18 to avoid a conflict with a 2024-06-13 ISS spacewalk by NASA astronauts Tracy Dyson and Matt Dominick.

Boeing emphasized the superior value of Starliner by using United Launch Alliance's Atlas 5, which they call the most reliable lifter in the business.

NASA did not proceed with plans to have Starliner depart the station on 2024-06-25 and land at White Sands, New Mexico on 2024-06-26 to complete the Crew Flight Test mission.

As of December 17, 2019, Boeing documentation stated that it takes about four months to refurbish a Starliner in the factory following a flight.

Boeing attributed the $257,000,000 Starliner loss to the delay in the vehicle’s first flight with astronauts that Boeing and NASA announced 2023-06-01.

Boeing had about one week of schedule margin leading up to the 2019-11-04 Starliner pad abort test.

Boeing postponed the Starliner launch about three hours before the scheduled 1:20 p.m. Eastern liftoff on 2021-08-03.

Boeing agreed to perform the OFT-2 uncrewed test flight at its own expense to complete testing of Starliner, including docking with the International Space Station, before flying astronauts on the Crew Flight Test.

NASA required completion of Starliner certification by November or December to enable the first operational mission, Starliner‑1, to launch in early 2025 as planned.

NASA plans to begin crew rotation flights with Starliner on the Starliner-1 mission in early 2025.

Starliner was scheduled to launch 2021-07-30 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

But issues with Starliner made it unsafe for astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams to return via Starliner, requiring their return nine months later via a SpaceX capsule.

If Starliner does not launch by 2024-06-06, NASA and United Launch Alliance will stand down to perform work on the rocket that includes replacing expiring batteries.

Boeing took an additional $195,000,000 charge against earnings for Starliner delays on 2022-10-26 as part of its quarterly financial results.

Boeing warned on 2024-10-11 that it would take a total of $2,000,000,000 in charges in the third quarter on four fixed-price programs in its Defense, Space and Security business unit, including Starliner.

The transporter that moved Starliner from Boeing’s C3PF to ULA’s Vertical Integration Facility operated at a top speed of 5 mph and provided environmental controls during transport.