The uncrewed OFT-2 mission will test Starliner's ability to get to and from the ISS.
at 6:54 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station's Space Launch Complex 41 in coastal Florida — assuming no weather or technical issues arise.
A backup launch date is available on May 20 at 6:32 p.m. EDT , which would still see a birthday event if the timeline is shifted. Stich added, however, that the greater importance is getting Starliner set to carry astronauts.Boeing's Starliner spacecraft sits atop its United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on May 4, 2022.
Mark Nappi, vice-president and program manager of the Boeing Commercial Crew Program, said his company is"prepared and ready" to assist with NASA's work; Starliner currently faces no major obstacles in its review items to get set for launch, docking and landing. Starliner's major task will be to do what the capsule failed to do on the original OFT mission in December 2019: meet up successfully with the ISS to demonstrate new technologies and, overall, showcase a readiness to fly crews to and from space.
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