Boeing Crewed Flight Test
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, 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. The launch is now scheduled to occur no earlier than 17 May at 22:16 UTC.
Boeing Starliner CFT crew capsule mounted atop a ULA Atlas V launch vehicle at launch pad undergoing pre-launch preparations
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Williams (left) and Wilmore (Right)Commercial Crew Development← Boeing OFT 2 Boeing Starliner flights← Boeing OFT 2Boeing Starliner-1 →
The Boeing Starliner is a class of partially reusable spacecraft designed to transport crew to the International Space Station (ISS) and other low-Earth-orbit destinations. It is manufactured by Boeing, with the Commercial Crew Program (CCP) of NASA as the anchor customer. The spacecraft consists of a reusable crew capsule and an expendable service module.
Boeing Starliner Spacecraft 2 approaching the ISS in May 2022, during Orbital Flight Test 2
Starliner mockup, capsule without service module
2018 Starliner assembly process
Touch down during CST-100 test
