posted 08-25-2020 10:42 AM               

Please use this topic to discuss Boeing's CST-100 Starliner-1 mission to the International Space Station.

NASA astronauts Scott Tingle and Mike Fincke and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk are assigned to fly the Starliner-1 mission.

posted 08-25-2020 10:43 AM               

The Boeing team is honored that NASA assigned astronaut Dr. Jeanette Epps to the crew of Starliner-1, Boeing's first operational mission to the International Space Station.

Jeanette will be a part of an important and history-making flight, and we're excited to welcome her to the Starliner team. Jeanette's crewmates, Suni Williams and Josh Cassada, are regulars at our Florida facilities and are training in Houston. We're looking forward to getting to know her just as well as we progress toward this flight.

A huge congratulations to Dr. Jeanette Epps for joining the Starliner team. Specifically, I cannot wait for her to join our crew, CTS-1, Starliner-1, to go to the International Space Station. Congratulations, looking forward to working with you and flying with you Jeanette.

A huge congratulations to my friend and new crewmate Jeanette Epps! I am so excited to have you join us riding the Atlas V, flying the Starliner to the International Space Station and then living and working there for six months. I am so excited.

Just a couple of things I think we need to get sorted out: I know we both claim Michigan, so I am not going to arm wrestle you for it, I've seen you in the gym, so maybe we can split it? You take down state, I take northern Michigan? Or we can split it east-west, we can use I-75, but we can get that sorted out.

The only other thing we need to get sorted out is on Starliner, I call shotgun.

Hey, huge congrats! Welcome to the team Jeanette. We'll see you soon.

I am super excited to join Suni Williams and Josh Cassada on the first operational Boeing crew mission to the International Space Station. I have flown in helicopters with Suni flying and I have in the backseat of a T-38 with Josh flying and they are both wonderful people to work with, so I am looking forward to the mission. Thank you.

posted 10-06-2021 10:41 AM               

Suni Williams will continue to provide experience for Boeing as the agency prepares for Starliner-1. NASA did not mention Jeanette Epps in its release, but later confirmed that she remains assigned to Starliner-1 for now.

Update: NASA posted the following to its website —

NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps remains assigned to NASA’s Boeing Starliner-1 for a long-duration science mission aboard the International Space Station. It is important for Nicole Mann, Josh Cassada and Jeanette Epps to gain their first spaceflight experience, and Epps currently is cross training with the team on the Crew Dragon system. There are many factors in play before any crew assignment is ready, including discussions with our international partners and Multilateral Crew Operations Panel approval. All three crew members have ample time to train on commercial crew systems and become fully prepared for their missions to the International Space Station.

posted 04-14-2023 05:05 PM               

NASA and Boeing's first crew rotation mission to the space station is planned for no earlier than summer 2024.

NASA astronauts Scott Tingle and Mike Fincke, commander and pilot, respectively, will fly aboard the Starliner spacecraft, which previously flew on Boeing's Orbital Flight Test-2 mission. Two mission specialists will be assigned in the coming months.

Timing of the launch is subject to change based on several factors, including: a successful Crew Flight Test (CFT), incorporation of anticipated learning from CFT, approvals of postflight data and final certification products, and completion of operational readiness and certification reviews.

Starliner-1 will fly a new service module currently in production at the Boeing facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Production of the Atlas V rocket is complete. The hardware is in storage at the United Launch Alliance facility in Decatur, Alabama, awaiting shipment to the launch site for stacking and final integration with the spacecraft.

posted 04-15-2023 09:22 AM               

With all due respect to the mishap with the first flight test Boeing and NASA scheduling is getting further away with no real results. Safety is the key but at what point do you just say enough is enough. I want to see Boeing succeed but now summer 2024 before the first crew rotation?

posted 04-15-2023 10:21 AM               

While it is not apples to oranges, it is neither a direct fair comparison between SpaceX and Boeng's development milestones. Each company set their own requirements, NASA only approved them. It was Boeing's decision to fly a second OFT mission at its own cost. NASA was fine with Boeing proceeding directly to CFT.

posted 04-15-2023 11:39 AM               

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Originally posted by J Blackburn:
I have to ask if NASA made the right choice with Boeing instead of going with another company?

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posted 07-26-2024 01:38 PM               

Under its commercial cargo contract, Dream Chaser has also missed its window for an inaugural flight. It is not clear when it will fly, if before the end of the year or in 2025, but that is for a vehicle without the complexities that come with flying a crew.