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Starliner CFT Launch Thread! (First crewed flight of Boeing Starliner capsule) (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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At long last, the first crewed flight of Starliner!

| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-05-07, 02:34 | |

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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2024-05-06, 22:34 (EDT) | | Docking scheduled for (UTC) | | | Mission | Boeing Crewed Flight Test | | Launch site | SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA | | Launch Vehicle | Atlas V N22 | | Starliner | SC3-2 (Calypso) | | Commander | Barry "Butch" Wilmore πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ| | Pilot | Sunita Williams πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ| | Mission success criteria | Successful launch and docking to the ISS |

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| | NASA | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb3qcR2tUQs | ULA | | Boeing | | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oed2KpyJUmo | Spaceflight Now | | NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI1u80rw5LY | Everyday Astronaut | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez3bQSz_rLM | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYomtTVvKXg | The Space Devs |

Launch statistics

β˜‘οΈ 1st crewed flight of Starliner, 3rd flight overall

β˜‘οΈ 1st Atlas V launch this year, 100th overall

β˜‘οΈ 3rd ULA launch this year, 161st overall

Mission Details πŸš€

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The crew must be extreme nervous with the string of failures coming from Boeing right now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Better check those door plugs 3 times.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Launch scrubbed for the day. Crew egress under way.

Edit: ULA states that a problem was identified with an oxygen relief valve on the Centaur upper stage.

[–] clothes 4 points 8 months ago

Darn. I hope it's a quick fix and we don't have to deal with weeks of doomerism.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

ULA countdown has started: https://twitter.com/ulalaunch/status/1787501279268225400

Weather looking good: https://twitter.com/ulalaunch/status/1787522868537852147

In the first briefing of the countdown, the launch weather team tells mission managers that the forecast for launch of #AtlasV and #Starliner #CFT remains at a 95 percent chance of acceptable conditions for liftoff tonight at 10:34pmEDT (0234 UTC). http://bit.ly/av_cft

All systems remain go: https://twitter.com/ulalaunch/status/1787535388946399639

All systems remain "go" here at #AtlasV launch control and at Space Launch Complex-41 as we count down to tonight's #Starliner #CFT liftoff at 10:34pmEDT (0234 UTC).

Learn more about today's unique schedule in our blog: https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/cft-a-preview-of-launch-day-activities

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Atlas V and Starliner rolled out to SLC-41 on Saturday.