Boeing Starliner Crew Flight Test Moves To June

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.

Credit: United Launch Alliance
NASA and Boeing are working toward a June 1 launch of the CST-100 Starliner Crew Flight Test (CFT), pending resolution of technical issues stemming from a slight helium leak in one of the spacecraft’s 28 reaction control system thrusters. Launch on June 1 would occur at 12:25 p.m. EDT aboard a...
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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