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
Barry E. Wilmore
Sunita Williams
Start of mission
Launch date
NET 21 May 2024 at 20:43 UTC (May 21, 2024 at 4:43 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 Williams (left) and Wilmore (Right)
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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 21 May at 20:43 UTC (Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 4:43 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.
^Wall, Mike (14 May 2024). "Helium leak delays Boeing's 1st Starliner astronaut launch to May 21". Space.com. Retrieved 14 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.
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^Berger, Eric (7 August 2023). "Starliner undergoing three independent investigations as flight slips to 2024". Ars Technica.
^"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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