Boeing Orbital Flight Test 2
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The Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 was a repeat of Boeing's unsuccessful first Orbital Flight Test (Boe-OFT) of its Starliner spacecraft. The uncrewed mission was part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. OFT-2, using Starliner Spacecraft 2, launched 19 May 2022 and lasted 6 days. Starliner successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on 21 May 2022. It stayed at the ISS for 4 days before undocking and landing in the White Sands Missile Range on 25 May 2022.
Starliner approaches the ISS
Boeing CST-100 Starliner for OFT-2 Arrives at SLC-41
On May 18, 2022, CST-100 Starliner spacecraft and the ULA Atlas V rocket roll out from the Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad
Starliner docked to ISS
Boeing Starliner
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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.
Starliner mockup, capsule without service module
2018 Starliner assembly process
Touch down during CST-100 test