Photo credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky
United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket sucessfully launched the crewed Boeing CST-100 Starliner from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 10:52am ET. This mission sees NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams embarking on a 25-hour flight to the International Space Station (ISS), marking the beginning of the NASA-Boeing Starliner Crew Flight Test (CFT).
Alongside Wilmore and Williams, Starliner is transporting 760 pounds of cargo. Once docked to the ISS, the astronauts will spend approximately one week aboard the station before returning to Earth. With this launch, Boeing and NASA will continue working to certify Starliner for long-duration operational missions to the ISS.
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This crew flight test represents the beginning of a new era of space exploration as we watch astronauts Wilmore and Williams put Boeing’s Starliner through its paces on the way to the International Space Station. This is a great start. We look forward to getting the astronauts safely to the space station and back home,” said Ted Colbert, Boeing Defense, Space & Security President and CEO.
