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Boeing Starliner's First Crewed Flight Pushed Back to April 2023
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft aboard ahead of the Orbital Flight Test-2 mission at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on May 18, 2022.
Photographer: Joel Kowsky/NASA/Getty ImagesNASA and Boeing Co. are now targeting April 2023 for the first crewed flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner, the company’s spacecraft designed to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station. The new launch date marks a two-month delay from the most recent plan.
In a blog post, NASA said moving the launch to April “deconflicts” with spacecraft that are scheduled to visit the space station next year.