Engineering:Boe-CFT
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Operator | Boeing |
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Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Starliner |
Manufacturer | Boeing |
Crew | |
Crew size | 3 |
Members | Christopher Ferguson Eric Boe Nicole Aunapu Mann |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | August 2019[1] |
Rocket | Atlas V N22 |
Launch site | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station SLC-41 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
Docking with ISS | |
Time docked | 8 days |
Boe-CFT (Boeing Crew Flight Test) is the first crewed mission of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner to the International Space Station, and the second orbital flight test of the Starliner overall. It is scheduled for launch in August 2019 with a crew of three.
Crew
Position | Crew member | |
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TBD 1[2] | Christopher Ferguson, NASA N/A Fourth spaceflight | |
TBD 2 | Eric Boe, Boeing N/A Third spaceflight | |
TBD 3 | Nicole Aunapu Mann, NASA N/A First spaceflight |
Back-up crew
Barry E. Wilmore will serve as backup for both Boe-CFT and for the first Starliner mission crews.
See also
Notes
- ↑ "NASA’s Commercial Crew Program Target Test Flight Dates". October 4, 2018. https://blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcrew/2018/10/04/nasas-commercial-crew-program-target-test-flight-dates-4/.
- ↑ NASA has not announced which astronaut will command the Boe-CFT mission.