NASA, Boeing Set Dec. 17 For Starliner Debut Flight

Irene Klotz October 24, 2019
Credit: Boeing
Boeing aims to fly its CST-100 Starliner commercial space taxi on a long-awaited trial run to the International Space Station (ISS) on Dec. 17, setting the stage for a crewed flight test as early as March 2020. NASA awarded Boeing and SpaceX contracts worth a combined $6.8 billion in September 2014...
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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