Starliner Completes Test Objectives

The Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is seen after it landed on Dec. 22, 2019. The landing completes an abbreviated Orbital Flight Test for the company that still meets several mission objectives for NASA’s Commercial Crew program. (Credit: Bill Ingalls)

Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner did not reach its planned orbit and dock to the International Space Station last month but completed test objectives related to NASA’s Commercial Crew Program including a successful launch of the first human-rated United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket; testing of the propulsion systems, communications, and docking system; and tracker alignments using its navigation system.

The Starliner will be refurbished for Boeing’s first operational crewed mission following the Crew Flight Test.

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