Boe-CFT

Boe-CFT
Operator Boeing
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type Starliner
Manufacturer Boeing
Crew
Crew size 3
Members Christopher Ferguson
Eric Boe
Nicole Aunapu Mann
Start of mission
Launch date August 2019[1]
Rocket Atlas V N22
Launch site Cape Canaveral SLC-41
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Inclination 51.6 degrees
Docking with ISS
Time docked 8 days

Boe-CFT (Boeing Crew Flight Test) is the first crewed mission of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner to the International Space Station, and the second orbital flight test of the Starliner overall. It is scheduled for launch in August 2019 with a crew of three.

Crew

Position Crew member
TBD 1[2] United States Christopher Ferguson, NASA
N/A
Fourth spaceflight
TBD 2 United States Eric Boe, Boeing
N/A
Third spaceflight
TBD 3 United States Nicole Aunapu Mann, NASA
N/A
First spaceflight

Back-up crew

Barry E. Wilmore will serve as backup for both Boe-CFT and for the first Starliner mission crews.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "NASA's Commercial Crew Program Target Test Flight Dates". October 4, 2018. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
  2. ↑ NASA has not announced which astronaut will command the Boe-CFT mission.


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