Boeing Starliner at Launch Pad on ULA Atlas V Rocket | International Space Station

Boeing Starliner at Launch Pad on ULA Atlas V Rocket | International Space Station

Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft can be seen atop the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on the launch pad of Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral in Florida on Thursday, May 30, 2024, ahead of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT). As part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are the first to launch to the International Space Station aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. Liftoff is scheduled for 12:25 p.m. ET on Saturday, June 1, 2024.

Launch updates: 

https://www.ulalaunch.com/missions/next-launch/atlas-v-starliner-cft

For more info on CFT and Starliner, visit: 

boeing.com/starliner

NASA’s Commercial Crew Program works with the American aerospace industry to provide safe, reliable, and cost-effective transportation to and from the International Space Station on American-made rockets and spacecraft launching from American soil.

Learn more about NASA’s Commercial Crew Program at: 

https://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew

Image Credits: NASA/Joel Kowsky/Isaac Watson

Image Date: May 30, 2024

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