In a bid to create some buzz ahead of next week's launch, Boeing has shared a time-lapse video showing its Starliner spacecraft heading to the launch vehicle.
We’re just a week away from seeing Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft blast off from the launchpad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in a crucial test flight to the International Space Station .
The footage shows the Starliner being transported from the Commercial Crew & Cargo Processing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center to the Vertical Integration Facility operated by United Launch Alliance , whose Atlas V rocket will power the Starliner to orbit next week.Watch from Starliner's perspective as it heads from our factory to the @ulalaunch Vertical Integration Facility.
Next week’s uncrewed mission is hugely important for Boeing as it follows a failed flight in December 2019 as well as a second mission hiccup last August where technical issues meant the Starliner couldn’t even get off the launchpad. Starliner is expected to dock at the ISS on May 20, about 24 hours after launch. It will be loaded with more than 500 pounds of NASA cargo and crew supplies. The spacecraft will stay docked at the ISS for between 5 and 10 days before returning to Earth for a parachute-assisted landing in New Mexico, bringing with it around 600 pounds of cargo.
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