Starliner Crew Flight Test Cleared For June 1 Launch

NASA astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita Williams are assigned to the CST-100 Starliner Crew Flight Test.

Credit: Lacey Young/NASA
NASA has cleared Boeing and United Launch Alliance (ULA) to proceed with a June 1 launch attempt of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on a crewed flight test to the International Space Station (ISS). The decision followed a second flight readiness review on May 29 that was ordered to assess technical...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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