Boeing Starliner-1

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Boeing Starliner-1
Calypso Starliner capsule postflight.jpg
Calypso being processed at Boeing's Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility in January 2020
Mission typeCrewed mission to ISS
OperatorBoeing
Mission duration180 days (planned)
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftStarliner Calypso
ManufacturerBoeing
Launch mass13,000 kg (29,000 lb)
Crew
Crew size4
Members
Start of mission
Launch dateMarch 2023 (planned) [1]
RocketAtlas V N22
Launch siteCape Canaveral, SLC-41
ContractorUnited Launch Alliance
End of mission
Landing dateNET 2023
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Inclination51.66°
Docking with ISS
Docking portHarmony forward or zenith
Time docked180 days (planned)
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Boeing Starliner-1 [2] is the first operational crew mission of the Boeing Starliner to the International Space Station (ISS), and is planned to be the fourth orbital flight mission of the Starliner overall.[3] It is scheduled for launch no earlier than March 2023, as SpaceX Crew-5 will launch in the fall of 2022.[1][4] It will transport members of a future ISS Expedition to the ISS. This would only be the fifth U.S. spaceflight with a female commander, after STS-93, STS-114, STS-120 and SpaceX Crew-5.

Crew[]

As this marks the first operational flight of Starliner, a Russian cosmonaut is not expected to be on board as Roscosmos has stated they do not want to put Russian cosmonauts on either Starliner or Crew Dragon until they have flown successful Commercial Crew Program flights.[5][failed verification][6][failed verification] On 21 May 2021 NASA announced JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata as the fourth member of the crew, in cooperation with JAXA as NASA's international partner but in October 2021 reassigned him to the September 2022 SpaceX Crew-5 mission.[7]

Prime crew
Position Crew member
Commander United States Sunita Williams, NASA
Third spaceflight
Pilot United States TBA, NASA
Mission Specialist 1 United States Jeanette Epps, NASA
First spaceflight
Mission Specialist 2 TBA

Mission[]

This mission will be the first reuse of a Starliner spacecraft. The vehicle was initially flown as the first uncrewed Orbital Flight Test mission in December 2019. On 22 December 2019, commander Sunita Williams announced the name "Calypso" for the spacecraft.[8] Calypso will now be used for Boe-CFT as Spacecraft 2 is used for Starliner Orbital Flight Test-2.

Jeanette Epps was added to the Starliner-1 mission on 25 August 2020.[9] Koichi Wakata was officially added to the Starliner-1 mission on 21 May 2021 but then reassigned to SpaceX Crew-5 mission in October 2021.[7][4][10]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Crew-3 target 30 October launch". ESA. 1 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021. Following Crew-4, the next US Commercial Crew flights are targeting September 2022 and March 2023 with the specific commercial partner to be determined.
  2. ^ "Commercial Crew Press Kit". nasa.gov. NASA. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ "Boeing's Starliner Makes Progress Ahead of Flight Test with Astronauts". NASA Commercial Crew. NASA. 28 August 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ a b "NASA Announces Astronaut Changes for Upcoming Commercial Crew Missions" (Press release). NASA. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ Heiney, Anna (25 August 2020). "NASA Astronaut Jeanette Epps Joins NASA's Boeing Starliner-1 Mission". blogs.nasa.gov. NASA. Retrieved 25 August 2020. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  6. ^ Clark, Stephen (25 August 2020). "Boeing plans second Starliner test flight in December 2020 or January 2021". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  7. ^ a b "NASA, Boeing target July 30 for redo of Starliner test flight to ISS". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  8. ^ Williams, Sunita [@Astro_Suni] (22 December 2019). "Thanking two mission control personnel" (Tweet) – via Twitter. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  9. ^ Boeing [@Boeing] (25 August 2020). "The Starliner team is adding a new NASA astronaut" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. ^ @jaxa_wdc (12 October 2021). "JAXA has announced their WAKATA Koichi @Astro_Wakata is headed for the International Space Station aboard SpaceX's…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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