Boeing Starliner-1

Boeing Starliner-1[1] is the first operational crewed mission of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner to the International Space Station, and is planned to be the fourth orbital flight mission of the Starliner overall. It is scheduled for launch in 2021 with a crew of four. It will transport members of a future ISS Expedition to the ISS. This would only be the fourth US spaceflight with a female commander, after STS-93, STS-114, and STS-120.

Boeing Starliner-1
Calypso being processed at Boeing's Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility in January 2020
OperatorBoeing
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftCST-100 Starliner Calypso
ManufacturerBoeing
Crew
Crew size4
Members
Start of mission
Launch date2021
RocketAtlas V N22
Launch siteCape Canaveral SLC-41
End of mission
Landing dateLate 2021
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Inclination51.6°
Docking with ISS
Docking portHarmony forward or zenith
Time dockedSix months
 

Crew

As this marks the first operational flight of Starliner, a Russian cosmonaut is not expected to be on board as Roscosmos has stated they do not want to put Russian cosmonauts on either Starliner or Crew Dragon until they have flown successful USCV flights. The fourth seat is likely to be taken by a third NASA or second international partner (Japan, Canada, or the European Space Agency) astronaut, as happened with USCV-1.[2]

Prime crew
Position Crew member
Commander Sunita Williams, NASA
Third spaceflight
Pilot Josh A. Cassada, NASA
First spaceflight

Mission

This mission will be the first reuse of a Starliner spacecraft. The vehicle was previously used for the first uncrewed Orbital Flight Test mission in December 2019. On December 22, 2019, commander Sunita Williams announced the name "Calypso" for the spacecraft.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Commercial Crew Press Kit". www.nasa.gov.
  2. "NASA selects astronauts for Crew Dragon mission". SpaceNews.com. April 1, 2020.
  3. Williams, Sunita [@Astro_Suni] (December 22, 2019). "Thanking two mission control personnel" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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