Boeing Starliner Space Taxi Poised For Uncrewed Flight Test, Take 3

May 13, 2022
Boeing CST-100 Starliner attached to a United Launch Alliance Atlas V
A Boeing CST-100 Starliner was attached to a United Launch Alliance Atlas V on May 4 in preparation for the uncrewed Orbital Flight Test-2 to the space station.
Credit: United Launch Alliance
At one time, Boeing and SpaceX were neck-and-neck in parallel programs to provide crew transportation services to the International Space Station for NASA. But the companies’ paths diverged after software and communications glitches prevented Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner from reaching the station...

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