Boeing CST-100 Starliner | International Space Station

Boeing CST-100 Starliner | International Space Station

Boeing's CST-100 Starliner crew ship is pictured docked to the Harmony module's forward port on the International Space Station as the orbitng complex flew 261 miles above the Pacific Ocean off the coast of the Mexican state of Nayarit as part of the Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. 

Image Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Date: May 23, 2022

View of Boeing CST-100 Starliner with SpaceX Crew Dragon

Boeing's CST-100 Starliner crew ship is pictured maneuvering away from the International Space Station after undocking from the Harmony module's forward port. In the foreground, is the aft end of the SpaceX Dragon Freedom crew ship that delivered the Crew-4 astronauts to the orbiting lab.

Boeing's Starliner and SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft have been developed and tested to fly astronauts to and from the International Space Station from U.S. soil.

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

Free 59-page PDF Download on NASA's Commercial Crew Program:

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/commercial_crew_press_kit_04.pdf

Learn more about NASA’s Commercial Crew Program at: https://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew

Image Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Date: May 25, 2022

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