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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 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

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    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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    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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    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 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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