Boeing Starliner Successfully Docks with ISS

Headline: Boeing Starliner Successfully Docks with ISS in Critical NASA Test Mission

Date: June 6, 2024

Location: Cape Canaveral, Florida

Byline: Sarah Mitchell, Space Correspondent

After years of delays and technical challenges, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft has finally achieved a major milestone—successfully docking with the International Space Station (ISS) on its first crewed test flight.

The spacecraft, carrying NASA astronauts Barry 'Butch' Wilmore and Sunita 'Suni' Williams, lifted off atop a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on June 5. After a smooth ascent into orbit, Starliner spent nearly 24 hours conducting system checks before making its carefully choreographed approach to the ISS.

At approximately 1:45 PM ET today, the capsule autonomously linked up with the station’s Harmony module, marking a historic moment for Boeing and NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The docking was met with cheers from mission control in Houston, as the U.S. regained a second operational means of transporting astronauts to the ISS alongside SpaceX’s Crew Dragon.

'This is a tremendous achievement for Boeing, NASA, and our international partners,' said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. 'With Starliner’s success, America now has two independent spacecraft capable of carrying crews to the ISS, ensuring continuous access to low-Earth orbit.'

Wilmore and Williams, both veteran astronauts, will spend about a week aboard the ISS conducting further tests on Starliner’s systems before returning to Earth for a parachute-assisted landing in the southwestern United States.

Boeing’s Starliner program has faced multiple setbacks, including software glitches, valve corrosion, and propulsion system issues that delayed its first crewed flight by several years. Today’s success is a major step toward certifying the spacecraft for regular astronaut missions, potentially as early as 2025.

With this milestone, NASA strengthens its partnership with commercial providers, ensuring a robust human spaceflight capability as the agency shifts focus toward deep-space exploration, including the upcoming Artemis missions to the Moon.

Updates to follow as the mission progresses.

— Sarah Mitchell, reporting for Cosmic Today

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