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The countdown to #CFT is on.
Last week, #Starliner left our factory and was fully integrated atop the #AtlasV rocket that will take it to International Space Station.
Watch its journey to ULA's Vertical Integration Facility.
Another step closer to launch!
NASA Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams have entered quarantine ahead of the agency's Boeing Space Crew Flight Test to International Space Station!
Liftoff is targeted for NET 10:34pm ET May 6 aboard an ULA Atlas V rocket: go.nasa.gov/4b8IFx0
During launch and landing, Mike Dahm is on console in our Mission Control Center as the #Starliner flight test conductor. His team also oversaw the recent fueling operation.
Next, he'll use his deep knowledge of the spacecraft's systems to help CFT fly: bit.ly/3OKumXi
We’re honored to have two veteran test pilots, NASA Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, be the first to fly #Starliner .
Earlier this week, our teams rolled #Starliner out of our factory at NASA's Kennedy Space Center and over to ULA. There, Starliner was placed atop an #AtlasV rocket ahead of its May 6 launch.
Learn more from the teammates who worked together to make it happen: onfirstup.com/boeing/BNN/art…
Today, the program gave its 'go for launch' following its Flight Test Readiness Review for Boeing Space's Crew Flight Test mission.
This is another step on the path to launch and the next Flight Test Readiness Review will be completed April 25, with a media telecon at 6pm ET.
#Starliner has been securely integrated with the #AtlasV rocket, which will fly Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore to International Space Station on the Crew Flight Test. Thanks to ULA for helping to accomplish this important step toward launch.
More: starlinerupdates.com/starliner-roll…
📸: ULA
At NASA's Kennedy Space Center this morning, joining the awesome Boeing Space team for the rollout and stacking of the CST-100 ahead of the Crewed Flight Test launch. Go #Starliner !
The #AtlasV will receive its precious cargo today as the Boeing Space #Starliner spacecraft is transported to ULA's Vertical Integration Facility and lifted onto the rocket.
Launch of the Crew Flight Test ( #CFT ) is NET May 6 bit.ly/av_cft
Astronauts Butch Wilmore, Sunita Williams, Col. Mike Fincke, Joshua Kutryk, Scott Tingle and 油井 亀美也 Kimiya.Yui are here to see the #Starliner spacecraft off.
Today, teams will roll #Starliner out of our factory at NASA's Kennedy Space Center to be stacked on a ULA #AtlasV rocket. This is a significant step toward the May 6 Crew Flight Test launch, when Starliner will carry Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams to the International Space Station.
Tomorrow, Boeing Space will roll the #Starliner spacecraft from its production facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center to the launch site in preparation of @NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station.
Launch is targeted for NET 10:34pm ET on May 6: go.nasa.gov/4cWOkaS