Boeing Starliner Launch to International Space Station on ULA Atlas V Rocket

Boeing Starliner Launch to International Space Station on ULA Atlas V Rocket

Take a closer look at Starliner's May 19, 2022, NASA Commercial Crew launch atop a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket. 

Check out these views from the launch pad on Space Launch Complex-41. 

Starliner is now on its way to the International Space Station, where it will soon dock and ISS crew members will open its hatch.

Known as Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2), this is the second uncrewed flight for Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP). OFT-2 will demonstrate the end-to-end capabilities of the Starliner spacecraft and Atlas V rocket from launch to docking to a return to Earth in the desert of the western United States. The mission will provide valuable data toward NASA certifying Boeing’s crew transportation system for regular flights with astronauts to and from the International Space Station. Starliner will automatically dock to the International Space Station's Harmony module’s forward port at 7:10 p.m. EDT on Friday where it will stay for approximately five days of cargo and test operations. 

For more info on OFT-2 and Starliner, visit: boeing.com/starliner

Learn more about NASA’s Commercial Crew Program at:

https://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew

Credit: Boeing

Duration: 51 seconds

Release Date: May 20, 2022

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