NASA's commercial crew manifest is taking shape.
, NASA astronauts Barry"Butch" Wilmore and Suni Williams will fly to the ISS for an eight-day shakedown mission before the capsule parachutes back to Earth in White Sands, New Mexico. Wilmore and Williams' flight aims to certify Starliner for operational crewed flights beginning in summer 2024.
The first of those operational crewed Starliner missions, Starliner-1, will feature NASA astronauts Scott Tingle and Mike Fincke. Two more crewmembers will be announced in the coming months, the space agency. Starliner-1's summer 2024 launch timing is also dependent on the success of CFT and the completion of any modifications to Starliner that may be required after NASA and Boeing analyze the CFT mission.
Starliner-1 will fly a new capsule, currently under construction at Boeing's facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. On the upcoming CFT, Wilmore and Williams will be flying in the same Starliner vehicle that flew
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