News Release
Issued: May 20, 2022 (8:28pm EDT)
To view this
release online and get more information about Boeing, visit: https://boeing.mediaroom.com/news-releases-statements?item=131053
Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft Completes Successful Docking
to Space Station
- Docking complete as Starliner joins Boeing-built
International Docking Adapter on International Space Station
Photos(1)
HOUSTON, May 20, 2022 — Boeing’s [NYSE: BA] CST-100
Starliner spacecraft made its first connection to the International Space
Station at 7:28 p.m. Central Time (0028 UTC) today to complete a primary goal
of the program’s Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2). With no astronauts on board,
Starliner’s autonomous systems and ground controllers in Houston guided the
vehicle through a carefully choreographed series of maneuvers to steadily bring
the Starliner closer to the orbiting laboratory before docking. Astronauts
aboard the space station monitored Starliner throughout the flight and at times
commanded the spacecraft to verify control capabilities.
“Today’s successful docking
of the Starliner is another important step in this rehearsal for sending
astronauts into orbit safely and reliably,” said Boeing Defense, Space &
Security President and CEO Ted Colbert.
Ingen kommentarer:
Legg inn en kommentar
Merk: Bare medlemmer av denne bloggen kan legge inn en kommentar.