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    Boeing’s Crew Flight Test on Starliner Docks to Station

    NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, successfully docked to the International Space Station at 1:34 p.m. EDT. Starliner launched on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at 10:52 a.m., June 5 from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. During flight, Wilmore and Williams successfully …

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    Starliner Approaches Station as Live Coverage Continues

    Boeing's Starliner spacecraft approaches the International Space Station for docking on June 6, 2024. Credit: NASA TV

    NASA’s coverage of the Boeing Starliner spacecraft flight to the International Space Station continues on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency’s website. The Starliner spacecraft is performing its careful approach to the space station with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. After conducting a series of reaction control system thruster tests, …

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    Starliner Approaches Station as Live Coverage Continues

    iss071e170979 (June 6, 2024) -- Boeing's Starliner spacecraft is pictured approaching the International Space Station for an autonomous docking on June 6, 2024 as the spacecraft and orbiting laboratory soared 257 miles above the South Pacific Ocean. Starliner launched on June 5, with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard, as part of NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test. This first crewed flight of Starliner aims to certify the spacecraft for rotational missions to the space station.

    NASA’s coverage of the Boeing Starliner spacecraft flight to the International Space Station continues on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency’s website. The Starliner spacecraft is performing its careful approach to the space station with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. After conducting a series of reaction control system thruster tests, …

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    Boeing’s Starliner Approaching Station Live on NASA TV

    Boeing's Starliner crew ship approaches the space station on the company's Orbital Flight Test-2 mission on May 20, 2022.

    NASA’s arrival coverage of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station is now underway on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency’s website. Docking is scheduled at approximately 12:15 p.m. EDT Thursday, June 6. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams launched safely on the Starliner spacecraft on a United Launch …

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    NASA Astronauts, Starliner Inch Closer to Space Station

    The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket booster has separated from the Centaur upper stage carrying Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. The Centaur will continue to help propel Boeing’s Starliner to a suborbit before the spacecraft boosts itself to orbit, bringing it closer to the International Space Station.  Measuring 10 feet in diameter and 41.5 feet in …

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    NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test ULA Rocket Reaches Max Q

    Boeing's Starliner spacecraft is seen during its return to Earth after undocking from the International Space Station.

    A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying Boeing’s Starliner capsule with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams has reached Max Q. The milestone is the moment of peak aerodynamic pressure on the rocket. Following Max Q will be Atlas V booster engine cutoff and separation. 

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    Liftoff! NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Heads to Space Station

    We have liftoff! The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, carrying Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft and NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, commander, and Suni Williams, pilot, are on a course to the International Space Station.  The crew is on a roughly 25.5-hour journey with rendezvous and docking expected at 12:15 p.m. EDT, Thursday, June 6.  The crew …

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    NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Access Arm Retracts

    We’re just minutes away from liftoff of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test that will send NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.  At Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, the crew access arm has retracted on the …

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    NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Hatch Closed

    Image of Boeing crews close the hatch to the Starliner capsule carrying NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.

    Just about one hour remains ahead of liftoff of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station.  Communication checks with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are complete. The hatch is now closed on the Boeing Starliner spacecraft, named Calypso. Next up, a series of cabin leak checks and a cabin pressurization …

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