Suited up for #Starliner in the Boeing Mission Simulator: @Astro_Ferg and our @Commercial_Crew team practice crew operations and problem-solving for reentry, descent and landing phases of flight.
Boeing CST-100 Starliner Landing Rehearsals (NHQ201909110036) Teams from NASA, Boeing and the White Sands Missile Range, pose for a group photograph during rehearsals for landing and crew extraction from Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner, which will be used to carry humans to the International Space Station, on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019 at the White Sands Missile Range outside Las Cruces, New Mexico. Using a convoy of vehicles Boeing uses to recover their spacecraft after landing and a boiler plate test article of the Starliner capsule, the teams worked through the steps necessary to safe the vehicle and get future crew members out of the Starliner to return home. NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Nicole Mann and Boeing astronaut Chris Ferguson will fly to the space station aboard the Starliner for the Boeing Crew Flight Test mission. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
We’re gearing up for #Starliner launch + landing. We just practiced recovering the reusable spacecraft in the New Mexico desert with help from the @WSMissileRange & @NASA.
Boeing Chris Ferguson: roll out Starliner for pad abort test at White Sands in the near future for a test in November, ahead of uncrewed orbital test flight.
In Part 3 of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program VR 360 Tour, NASA STEM Engagement Specialist Rachel Power gives you a closer look at the Boeing CST-100 Starliner. This immersive, Virtual Reality tour takes you inside the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center where the Starliner is being built. Visit nasa.gov/stem/ccp for more STEM educational resources featuring NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.
John Mulholland, Boeing: Starliner pad abort test scheduled for early November from White Sands. Completing assembly of Starliner for uncrewed Orbital Flight Test, targeting launch Dec. 17. #ISPCS2019
We’re counting down to launch!Our #Starliner team mated the Orbital Flight Test Crew Module to the Service Module. Getting ready to be stacked on #AtlasV!
Oct. 21, 2019MEDIA ADVISORY M19-115NASA Invites Media to Boeing Starliner Transport to Launch SiteMedia accreditation is open for two-days of activities in mid-November for the next milestone in NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, as Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner is transported for integration on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket.The spacecraft will be moved from its production facility to its launch site in Florida ahead of the company’s uncrewed Orbital Flight Test to the International Space Station.Activities will take place at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and neighboring Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Media accreditation is open only to U.S citizens and the deadline for registration is 11:59 p.m. EDT Sunday, Oct. 27. The exact date of transport activities is still to be determined.All accreditation requests should be submitted online at:https://media.ksc.nasa.govFor questions about accreditation, please email [email protected]. For other questions, contact Kennedy’s newsroom at 321-867-2468.Media with special logistics requests, such as space for satellite trucks, trailers, tents, electrical connections or work spaces, must contact Tiffany Fairley at [email protected] by Oct. 27.During the event, the fueled Starliner will be moved from Boeing’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at Kennedy to ULA’s Space Launch Complex 41 Vertical Integration Facility on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Later the same day, the spacecraft will be stacked on top an Atlas V rocket for final processing ahead of the launch.Media activities will include tours, interviews with subject matter experts, viewing the spacecraft transport, and a photo opportunity of the integrated Starliner and Atlas V.Boeing’s uncrewed flight test will provide valuable data on the end-to-end performance of the rocket, spacecraft, and ground systems, as well as in-orbit, docking and landing operations. The data will be used toward certification of Boeing’s crew transportation system for carrying astronauts to and from the space station.NASA’s Commercial Crew Program is working with the American aerospace industry through public-private partnerships to launch astronauts on American rockets and spacecraft from American soil for the first time since 2011. The goal of the program is safe, reliable and cost-effective human space transportation to and from the International Space Station, which could allow for additional research time aboard the station and increase the opportunity for discovery aboard humanity’s testbed for exploration.For launch coverage, NASA's launch blog, and more information about the mission, visit:https://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew-end-
