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Boeing Starliner
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The Boeing CST-100 Starliner is a class of two partially reusable spacecraft designed to transport crew to the International Space Station (ISS) and other low-Earth-orbit destinations. It is manufactured by Boeing for its participation in NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP). The spacecraft consists of a reusable crew capsule and an expendable service module.
The capsule has a diameter of , which is slightly larger than the Apollo command module and SpaceX Dragon 2, but smaller than the Orion capsule. The Boeing Starliner can hold a crew of up to seven people and can remain docked to the ISS for up to seven months. The Starliner is designed to be reusable for up to ten missions. Starliner launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on the Atlas V.
After several rounds of competitive development contracts within the Commercial Crew Program starting in 2010, NASA selected the Boeing Starliner, along with SpaceX Crew Dragon, for the Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCap) contract round. The first crewed test flight test was initially planned to occur in 2017.
After a lengthy development process with multiple delays, Boeing flew the Orbital Flight Test 2 on May 19, 2022. the Crewed Flight Test has been delayed until March, 2024. This will be the last test needed prior to entering operational service with the Starliner-1 mission.
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft is designed to accommodate seven passengers, or a mix of crew and cargo, for missions to low Earth orbit. For the NASA missions to the ISS, it will carry four passengers and a small amount of cargo. Starliner uses a weldless structure and is reusable up to 10 times with a six-month turnaround time. Boeing plans to alternate between two reusable crew modules for all planned Starliner missions. Each flight uses a new service module, which provides propulsion and power-generation capacity for the spacecraft. It features wireless Internet and tablet technology for crew interfaces.
Starliner uses the NASA Docking System.
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