After several postponements, the Starliner spacecraft was finally launched yesterday, Wednesday, June 5 at 14:52 GMT from Space Launch Complex 41 of the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on a mission of approximately one week to the Station. International Space. This is Boeing’s first manned test flight. Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are traveling aboard the ship, who after spending a day in orbit are preparing for their arrival at the orbital complex today, Thursday.
The Starliner spacecraft will dock autonomously to the forward-facing port of the ISS Harmony module at approximately 16:15 GMT on Thursday, June 6, and will remain in the orbital laboratory for approximately one week.
Wilmore and Williams will help verify that the spacecraft is operating as intended by testing the environmental control system, displays and control system, and maneuvering the thrusters, among other in-flight tests.
After a safe arrival at the Space Station, Wilmore and Williams will join the Expedition 71 crew of NASA astronauts Michael Barratt, Matt Dominick, Tracy C. Dyson and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub , Alexander Grebenkin and Oleg Kononenko.
