Boeing’s Starliner is about to make its first voyage with astronauts to and from the International Space Station.
This critical step for the program is meant to demonstrate Starliner’s launch-to-landing capabilities. The test flight will prove the team’s readiness to achieve NASA certification and fly long-duration missions for the agency.
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket will launch Boeing’s Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 Starliner spacecraft with two NASA astronauts, Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams on the Crew Flight Test (CFT).
Following separation from Atlas V, Starliner engines will burn taking it the rest of the way to orbit and on to the International Space Station.
Launch Date and Time: May 6, 2024 at 10:34 p.m. EDT
CFT is ULA’s first human launch. Liftoff will occur from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.