The CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is in final preparations to launch Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on the Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) to the International Space Station for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner launched on Orbital Flight Test-2 at 6:54 p.m. EDT on Thursday, 2022-05-19, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Boeing and United Launch Alliance remain committed to launching future CST-100 Starliner commercial crew missions on Atlas 5 rockets even after Atlas 5 is effectively retired for other missions.
NASA delayed the Crew Flight Test (CFT) of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner with astronauts to April 2023.
NASA plans to alternate crewed missions between SpaceX and Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner after Starliner successfully completes a crewed test flight in early 2023.
NASA is relying on SpaceX's Falcon 9 to transport astronauts while Boeing's CST-100 Starliner is delayed until at least March 2024.
The Atlas 5 rocket will launch the CST-100 Starliner on the Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission no earlier than the evening of 2024-05-06.
NASA completed a two-day Flight Test Readiness Review for Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner on 2024-04-25.
The Atlas V carrying Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner is scheduled to launch on 2024-05-06 at 10:34 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner completed its first crewed docking to the International Space Station on 2024-06-06.
NASA decided on 2024-08-24 to return Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner to Earth uncrewed to free up its docking port for Crew-9 Crew Dragon.
Boeing took a $250,000,000 charge against earnings on its CST-100 Starliner commercial crew program in its fiscal third quarter.
NASA selected Boeing and SpaceX in 2014 to develop and operate spacecraft capable of transporting U.S. astronauts to and from the ISS.