Boeing CST - 100
Starliner crewed flight slips to 2018.
Not exact matches
In advance of a congressional hearing next week on the status of the commercial
crew program, NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP) has released new dates for when Boeing and SpaceX will conduct flight tests of their CST - 100 Starliner and Crew Dragon spacecr
crew program, NASA's Commercial
Crew Program (CCP) has released new dates for when Boeing and SpaceX will conduct flight tests of their CST - 100 Starliner and Crew Dragon spacecr
Crew Program (CCP) has released new dates for when Boeing and SpaceX will conduct
flight tests of their CST - 100
Starliner and
Crew Dragon spacecr
Crew Dragon spacecraft.
Moreover, a report by the United States Government Accountability Office noted that operational (
crewed)
flights by
Crew Dragon to the International Space Station were unlikely before December of 2019, with
Starliner unlikely before February of 2020.
Ferguson discussed the first
crewed flight in the context of
Starliner's other testing, which must be extensive to meet NASA's human - rating requirements.
It appears at this time that Boeing's CST - 100
Starliner will not be able to carry out its first
crewed flight until February 2018 at the earliest.
For commercial
crew, NASA is buying six flights each of Starliner and Crew Dra
crew, NASA is buying six
flights each of
Starliner and
Crew Dra
Crew Dragon.
Now, Boeing's test
flight is looking more like a full
crewed mission — the kind that it will be doing regularly once its
Starliner is qualified for
flight.