A nave da tripulação do Boeing Starliner é vista momentos depois de atracar na porta dianteira da Estação Espacial Internacional no módulo Harmony. Crédito: NASA TV
A espaçonave Boeing CST-100 Starliner atracou com sucesso no módulo Harmony da Estação Espacial Internacional pela primeira vez em 20 de maio de 2022, às 20h28 EDT (17h28 PT). A Starliner lançou um foguete Atlas V da United Launch Alliance em um teste de voo para a Estação Espacial Internacional às 18h54 de quinta-feira, 19 de maio, do Complexo de Lançamento Espacial 41 na Estação da Força Espacial de Cabo Canaveral, na Flórida.
A espaçonave não tripulada Boeing Starliner atracou na Estação Espacial Internacional em 20 de maio após o lançamento da Estação da Força Aérea de Cabo Canaveral, na Flórida, em 19 de maio. O Orbital Flight Test 2 (OFT-2) da Boeing permanecerá na estação para completar uma série. Um alvo de teste antes de deixar o complexo em 25 de maio, onde pousará em White Sands Space Harbor, Novo México. Este voo de teste é um prelúdio para um futuro voo de teste Starliner tripulado. crédito:[{” attribute=””>NASA
NASA will host a media teleconference to give an update on Starliner’s progress tonight at approximately 9:30 p.m. Friday, May 20 where it will be streamed live on NASA’s website. Participants include:
- Kathryn Lueders, associate administrator, NASA Space Operations Mission Directorate
- Steve Stich, manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program
- Joel Montalbano, manager, NASA’s International Space Station Program
- Mark Nappi, vice president and program manager, Boeing Commercial Crew Program
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft approaches the International Space Station on the Orbital Flight Test-2 mission. Credit: NASA TV
Starliner’s hatch opening is scheduled to begin at approximately 11:45 a.m. Saturday, May 21. Coverage of hatch opening will air live on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website.
Saturday, May 21
- 11:30 a.m. – NASA TV hatch opening coverage begins
- 11:45 a.m. – (approximately) Hatch opening and welcoming remarks
Starliner is scheduled to depart the space station Wednesday, May 25, when it will undock and return to Earth, with a desert landing in the western U.S. The spacecraft will return with more than 600 pounds of cargo, including Nitrogen Oxygen Recharge System reusable tanks that provide breathable air to station crew members. The tanks will be refurbished on Earth and sent back to station on a future flight.
Following certification, NASA missions aboard Starliner will carry up to four crew members to the station, enabling the continued expansion of the crew and increasing the amount of science and research that can be performed aboard the orbiting laboratory.
OFT-2 will provide valuable data for NASA certifying Boeing’s crew transportation system for regular flights with astronauts to and from the space station.