NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test

On 5th June, 2024, NASA’s Boeing's Starliner mission successfully launched its first crewed flight test, marking a significant milestone. The new spacecraft's highly anticipated journey with humans on board lifted off atop an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

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Known as the Crew Flight Test, the mission represents the culmination of Boeing’s efforts to develop a spacecraft to rival SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule.
It aims to expand the United States' options for ferrying astronauts to the space station under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.
Veteran NASA astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita Williams compose the Starliner's inaugural crew.