Human Spaceflights

International Flight No. 346

CST-100 Boe-CFT

Starliner Calypso

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Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:  05.06.2024
Launch time:  14:52:15.2 UTC
Launch site:  Cape Canaveral (KSC)
Launch pad:  SLC-41
Altitude:  324- 315 km
Inclination:  51.66°
Docking ISS:  06.06.2024, 17:34 UTC
Undocking ISS (CFT):  06.09.2024, 22:04:00 UTC
Landing date (CFT):  07.09.2024
Landing time (CFT):  04:01:35 UTC
Landing site: (CFT):  White Sands Space Harbor, New Mexico
Duration (CFT):  93d 13h 09m 20s
Orbits (CFT):  1464
Crew (landing with SpaceX Crew-9)
Launch date:  05.06.2024
Launch time:  14:52:15.2 UTC
Docking ISS (Crew):  06.06.2024, 17:34 UTC
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Crew CST-100 Boe-CFT

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original crew photo

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Crew

No.   Surname Given names Position Flight No. Duration Orbits
1  Wilmore *  Barry Eugene "Butch"  CDR 3

 
2  Williams *  Sunita Lyn "Suni"  PLT 3

 

With docking to the ISS on September 29, 2024 at 21:30 UTC member of SpaceX Crew-9.

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1  Wilmore
2  Williams
Starliner cockpit
Landing
1  - empty -
2  - empty -

Backup Crew

No.   Surname Given names Position
 Fincke  Edward Michael "Mike"  CDR
Michael Fincke

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Hardware

Launch vehicle:  Atlas V N22 (AV-085)
Spacecraft:  Boeing Starliner (SC 3.2)

Flight

Launch from Cape Canaveral (KSC) SLC-41.

Following a one day soloflight Starliner docked in the second attempt to the International Space Station.

Due to technical problems Starliner had to stay more than two months docked to the International Space Station. Planned was a week.

In the past two months connected to multiple helium leaks detected on the Starliner's service module as well as issues in five thrusters, which were detected during rendezvous and docking with the International Space Station following the mission launch on June 05, 2024.
NASA will return Boeing's Starliner to Earth without astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams aboard the spacecraft, the agency announced on August 24, 2024. The uncrewed return allows NASA and Boeing to continue gathering testing data on Starliner during its upcoming flight home, while also not accepting more risk than necessary for its crew.
Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams will continue their work formally as part of the Expedition 71/72 crew through February 2025. They will fly home aboard a Crew Dragon spacecraft with two other crew members assigned to the agency's SpaceX Crew-9 mission. Starliner is expected to depart from the space station and make a safe, controlled autonomous re-entry and landing in early September 2024.

NASA and Boeing safely returned the uncrewed Starliner spacecraft following its landing on September 07, 2024 at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico, concluding a three-month flight test to the International Space Station.

Photos

CST-100 Boe-CFT rollout CST-100 Boe-CFT rollout
CST-100 Boe-CFT on the launch pad CST-100 Boe-CFT on the launch pad
CST-100 Boe-CFT rollout - second time CST-100 Boe-CFT launch
CST-100 Boe-CFT launch CST-100 Boe-CFT landing
CST-100 Boe-CFT landing

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Last update on October 09, 2024.

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