Engineering:USCV-2

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Boeing Starliner-1
OperatorUnited States Boeing
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftCalypso
Spacecraft typeStarliner
ManufacturerUnited States Boeing
Crew
Crew size4
MembersSunita Williams
Josh A. Cassada
Thomas Pesquet
Andrei Borisenko
Start of mission
Launch dateNovember 2020
RocketAtlas V N22
Launch siteCape Canaveral Air Force Station SLC-41
End of mission
Landing dateMay 2021
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Inclination51.6°
Docking with ISS
Docking portHarmony Module
Time dockedSix months
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USCV-2, designated CTS-1 by Boeing, is the first operational crewed mission of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner to the International Space Station, and the third orbital flight mission of the Starliner overall. The new name for this mission will be Boeing Starliner-1[1]. It is scheduled for launch in November 2020 with a crew of three. It will transport members of a future ISS Expedition to the ISS. This would only be the fourth US spaceflight with a female commander, after STS-93, STS-114, and STS-120.

Crew

Position Crew member
Commander United States Sunita Williams, NASA
Expedition TBA
Third spaceflight
Pilot United States Josh A. Cassada, NASA
Expedition TBA
First spaceflight
Mission Specialist 1 France Thomas Pesquet, ESA
Expedition TBA
Second spaceflight
Mission Specialist 2 Russia Andrei Borisenko, Roscosmos
Expedition TBA
Third spaceflight

Backup crew

Position Crew member
Commander United States Barry E. Wilmore, NASA
Third spaceflight
TBD 2 TBA, TBA
TBD 3 TBA, TBA

Spacecraft

This mission will be the first reuse of a Starliner spacecraft. The USCV-2 vehicle was previously used for the Boe-OFT mission in December 2019. On December 22, 2019, mission commander Sunita Williams announced the name Calypso for the vehicle on her twitter account.[2]

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