Boe-CFT

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Mission dates (planned)
Mission: Boe-CFT
Spacecraft: CST-100 Starliner
Launcher: Atlas V (N22)
Crew: Chris Ferguson ,
Michael Fincke ,
Nicole Mann
Begin: expected in 2021
Starting place: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station , SLC-41
Space station: ISS
Landing:
Landing place: southwestern USA
Team photo
From left to right: Michael Fincke, Chris Ferguson and Nicole Mann
From left to right: Michael Fincke, Chris Ferguson and Nicole Mann
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Boe OFT repeat
(unmanned) 		SpaceX Crew-2
(manned)
Previous manned mission:
SpaceX Crew-1

The Boeing Crew Flight Test , or Boe-CFT for short , is planned as the first manned mission of the American , Boeing- built spacecraft CST-100 Starliner . It should lead to the International Space Station (ISS).

Originally the flight was supposed to take place in 2017. There is no longer an official date; the start will likely be postponed to 2021.

Mission purpose

The CST-100 Starliner and the crew Dragon of SpaceX should be used to the United States regardless of the Russian in the future for crew exchange mission to the ISS Soyuz spacecraft to make. Boe-CFT was planned as a final test flight before regular operations. Due to delays in the completion of both spacecraft, NASA decided to bring a long-term crew to the ISS with Boe-CFT, so that an occupation of the US section of the space station is ensured.

crew

In August 2018, NASA nominated Eric Boe , Chris Ferguson and Nicole Mann as crew for the Boe CFT test flight . Boe was replaced by Michael Fincke in January 2019 for health reasons .

Planned course of the mission

Artist's impression of a CST-100 docking

The spacecraft is to be brought into a suborbital trajectory by the two-stage Atlas V launch vehicle and from there to a low Earth orbit and the ISS with its own drive . After a stay whose duration has not yet been determined (as of early 2020), it is supposed to land on parachutes in a desert in the southwest of the USA.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b After botched test flight, Boeing will refly its Starliner spacecraft for NASA . The Washington Post , April 7, 2020.
  2. ↑ Elon Musk: Crew Dragon spacecraft for NASA could fly astronauts in 3 to 4 months . CNN Business, October 1, 2019.
  3. ↑ Linda Herridge: NASA and Boeing Extend Starliner Crew Flight Test Duration to Space Station, Target New Flight Dates. NASA, April 3, 2019, accessed April 3, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Linda Herridge: NASA Announces Updated Crew Assignment for Boeing Flight Test. NASA, January 22, 2019, accessed March 4, 2019 .
  5. ^ Atlas V to Launch Starliner. United Launch Alliance, accessed August 25, 2019 (Boe-CFT's flight profile is the same as Boe-OFT's).