The Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft was moved into the Hazardous Processing Area at the companys Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 8, 2023, in advance of power up and fueling operations. NASAs Boeing Crew Flight Test will demonstrate the end-to-end capabilities of the Starliner system to carry astronaut to and from the International Space Station.
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NASA and Boeing will host a mission overview media teleconference at 11 a.m. EST Friday, Feb. 17, to provide a status update on the first astronaut flight test of the companys CST-100 Starliner to the International Space Station. Launch is targeted for no earlier than April to the microgravity laboratory.
Audio of the teleconference will livestream on NASAs website.
Leadership will share mission progress and discuss upcoming milestones ahead of NASAs Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) the final flight test prior to regular crewed missions to the space station on the next-generation system.
The briefing participants are:
- Steve Stich, manager, NASAs Commercial Crew Program
- Jeff Arend, manager, Systems Engineering and Integration Office, NASAs International Space Station Program
- Mark Nappi, vice president and program manager, CST-100 Starliner, Boeing
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