By NASA
May 11, 2022
Boeing CST-100 Starliner Spacecraft. Credit: NASA
Groups from NASA and Boeing collected today (Wednesday, May 11) for the Flight Readiness Review at the companys Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for NASA Boeings uncrewed Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) for the companys Commercial Crew Program.
The review is a thorough assessment of the readiness of flight for Boeings CST-100 Starliner system, objective operations, support functions, and readiness of the area station program to support the uncrewed flight to the International Space Station. Kathryn Lueders, associate administrator for Space Operations at NASA Headquarters, is leading the conference.
Boeings CST-100 Starliner spacecraft rolled out from the companys Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 4, 2022. The spacecraft made the journey to the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station where it was protected atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket for Boeings 2nd Orbital Flight Test (OFT-2) to the International Space Station for NASAs Commercial Crew Program. Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky
Starliner is targeted to go for 6:54 p.m. EDT on Thursday, May 19, on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to rendezvous and dock with the orbiting lab. The flight test will supply important information for NASA to accredit Boeings crew transportation system for routine flights with astronauts to and from the space station.