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Boeing OFT-2 Lift and Mate

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Jun 01, 2022
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On July 29, 2021, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft and the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket begins rollout from the Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex-41.
On July 29, 2021, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft and the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket begins rollout from the Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex-41 on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

On July 29, 2021, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft and the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket begins rollout from the Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex-41 on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Starliner will launch on the Atlas V for Boeing’s second uncrewed Orbital Flight Test (OFT-2) for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. OFT-2 is an important uncrewed mission designed to test the end-to-end capabilities of the new system for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. During the countdown on its Aug. 3, 2021, launch attempt, unexpected valve position indications on the CST-100 Starliner propulsion system led to teams postponing the flight in order to evaluate the spacecraft. OFT-2 launched on May 19, 2022.

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