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NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Launch Milestones – Kennedy Space Center [1]

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Date: 2024-06-05  

In less than four hours, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are set to lift off at 10:52 a.m. EDT aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

As part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, the mission is the first crewed flight for the Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station.

Here is a look at some key milestones leading up to today’s launch:

Time Event (All times approximate and subject to change)

6:02 a.m. Flight crew begins suit-up operations

7:28 a.m. Crew walkout from the Neil A. Armstrong Operations & Checkout Building

7:32 a.m. Crew departs, travels to Space Launch Complex-41

8:02 a.m. Crew arrives at pad, ascends tower, enters White Room, and enters Starliner capsule separately

9:27 a.m. Hatch closure and leak checks

9:42 a.m. Hatch closure complete

9:51 a.m. Configure White Room for launch

10:15 a.m. Clear for launch check

10:41 a.m. Crew access arm retracts

10:52 a.m. Liftoff!

10:53 a.m. ULA rocket reaches Max Q

10:56 a.m. Atlas V booster separates

11:07 a.m. Boeing Starliner separates

11:23 a.m. Orbital insertion burn

Starliner will autonomously dock to the station on Thursday, June 6, and remain at the orbiting laboratory for about a week. Although Starliner is designed to dock autonomously, the astronauts aboard the spacecraft will demonstrate manual control processes and capabilities before the spacecraft makes its automated final approach.

Stay tuned for more updates on the commercial crew blog as the countdown to launch continues.

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[1] Url: https://blogs.nasa.gov/kennedy/2024/06/05/nasas-boeing-crew-flight-test-launch-milestones-2/

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