On May well 18, 2022, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft and the United Initiating Alliance Atlas V rocket roll out from the Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad at Position Initiating Advanced-41 on Cape Canaveral Position Force Plight in Florida. Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
On Wednesday morning, May well 18, 2022, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft and the United Initiating Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket rolled out of the ULA Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad at Position Initiating Advanced-41 on Cape Canaveral Position Force Plight in Florida ahead of the uncrewed launch of NASA’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) to the Global Position Plight. Liftoff is scheduled for six: 54 p.m. EDT on Thursday, May well 19.
For a launch Thursday, meteorologists with the U.S. Position Force 45th Climate Squadron continue to foretell a 70% probability of favorable weather. The main weather concerns for launch day are the cumulus and anvil cloud tips violations in the midst of the instantaneous launch window.
NASA companion administrator Bob Cabana, Kennedy Position Center Director Janet Petro, companion administrator for NASA Position Operations Mission Directorate, Kathryn Lueders, and NASA astronauts, Suni Williams, Mike Fincke, Barry “Butch” Wilmore participate in a media briefing ahead of NASA’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) on May well 18, 2022. Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will launch atop a United Initiating Alliance Atlas V rocket from Position Initiating Advanced-41 at Cape Canaveral Position Force Plight on a mission to dock with the space space. The uncrewed OFT-2 would possibly be the Starliner’s 2nd flight take a look at for NASA’s Industrial Crew Program. Credit: NASA/Michelle Stone
NASA leaders provided updates on OFT-2 in the midst of a briefing (peek video above). Contributors incorporated:
Bob Cabana, NASA companion administratorJanet Petro, director, NASA’s Kennedy Position CenterKathryn Lueders, companion administrator, Position Operations Mission Directorate at NASANASA astronaut Suni WilliamsNASA astronaut Butch WilmoreNASA astronaut Mike Fincke
On May well 18, 2022, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft and the United Initiating Alliance Atlas V rocket rolled out from the Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad at Position Initiating Advanced-41 on Cape Canaveral Position Force Plight in Florida. Starliner will launch on the Atlas V for Boeing’s Orbital Flight Test (OFT-2) for NASA’s Industrial Crew Program at 6: 54 p.m. EDT on Thursday, May well 19. OFT-2 is a extraordinarily crucial uncrewed flight take a look at designed to study the discontinuance-to-discontinuance capabilities of the machine to aid the agency certify Starliner to lift astronauts to and from the Global Position Plight. Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
NASA TV will duvet the upcoming prelaunch, launch, and docking activities. Mission protection is as follows (all times Jap):
Thursday, May well 19
6 p.m. – NASA TV launch protection begins for a focused 6: 54 p.m. liftoff. NASA TV will have real protection thru Starliner orbital insertion.
9 p.m. (roughly) – Postlaunch news convention on NASA TV
Friday, May well 20
3: 30 p.m. – NASA TV rendezvous and docking protection begins.
7: 10 p.m. (roughly) – Docking
Friday, May well 21
11: 30 a.m. – NASA TV hatch opening protection begins
11: 45 a.m. – (roughly) Hatch opening and welcoming remarks