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Welcome home, . May your journey to space aboard the Crew Dragon continue to inspire and benefit 's incredible work in research for treatments and cures for childhood cancer.
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Congratulations, team! is that much closer to returning crew launch capabilities to the U.S. in support of our customer.
The Boeing-built #X37B has landed at , marking the completion of its sixth mission with the . The award-winning spaceplane broke yet another endurance record, spending 908 days on orbit.
Release: boeing.mediaroom.com/news-releases-
The astronauts are welcoming fellow space traveler Jebediah Kerman, #Starliner's zero-gravity indicator. Jeb is a Kerbonaut in the .
Learn more about KSP, a STEM-inspired game: kerbalspaceprogram.com/game/kerbal-sp
Our #Starliner parachutes and team performed with flying colors during a recent test. They showed that even under dynamic abort conditions and a simulated failure - astronauts would be safe.
More: boeing.com/features/2020/
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Congratulations, and on a beautiful launch. We can’t wait to see the science that will happen on during the #Crew1 six-month mission.
We're collecting #Starliner data ahead of moving the spacecraft back to !
Read more about the team's work since Starliner's December 22 landing: starlinerupdates.com/starliner-data
This video shows a key #Starliner Orbital Flight Test objective: separation from ULA Centaur second-stage. Sep happened just before the Mission Elapsed Timing anomaly.
See more OFT mission objectives accomplished: starlinerupdates.com/starliner-comp
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Let’s watch that again. 🚀
#Artemis I launched from ’s Launch Complex 39B at 1:47 a.m. ET on Nov. 16.
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We've determined #Starliner will return to our factory for deeper-level troubleshooting of four propulsion system valves. With , we've decided to stand down for this launch window to make way for other national priority missions.
More: starlinerupdates.com/starliner-retu
Here comes the sun (powered energy)! 🌞
has a new solar array after and remove the bolts to let the array unroll under its own power to give the advanced solar cells sunlight in space for the first time. Check out this timelapse.
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Congratulations to all of the astronauts! 🇺🇸
We can’t wait to help NASA roll out the welcome mat.
Starliner has an off-nominal insertion, but we have spacecraft control. The guidance and control team is assessing their next maneuver.
#Starliner has entered a planned quiescent phase while docked to the , which means its systems were powered down just like they would be during a long-duration mission.
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#Starliner is on the move! Follow the journey as it rolls from its factory to the Vertical Integration Facility to be stacked on the #AtlasV that will launch the spacecraft toward the for the Orbital Flight Test-2 mission.
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He’s got game even when it comes to getting in and out of our #Starliner spacecraft trainer at . At 6 feet 10 inches, has boldly gone where few basketball players have gone before.
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Welcome back to the crew of 's #NS18! May your bold ventures to where few have gone before inspire everyone to reach for the stars. 🖖
📸: Blue Origin
This is our first small step as #Starliner rolls out of the factory to get ready for transport to , where it will be mated to the #AtlasV rocket for the journey 240 miles above Earth to .
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Launch update: and Boeing are now targeting March 25 for the launch of Starliner’s uncrewed Orbital Flight Test-2 to the .
Read more: starlinerupdates.com/nasa-and-boein
Congratulations on a successful launch, and ! Looking forward to supporting you and the crew during your long-duration science mission.
Love your mother! 🌎🌍🌏
's unique perspective and upgraded sensors and cameras give researchers detailed data and imagery on #EarthDay and every day. This helps us plan for our planet's future.
See more ISS innovations and experiments: boeing.com/features/2020/
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Earth is waving "bon voyage" to the first commercial airlock on its way to . 👋
Today's resupply mission launched the #BishopAirlock to ISS. We collaborated with to increase access to the station for more science and tech development in low Earth orbit.
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Inspired by ’s beautiful words about the dawn of flight with the docking of #CrewDragon. We’re honored to be part of this new era in human space exploration with and looking forward to the future docking of #Starliner to .
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. and Boeing officials will hold a media telecon Saturday, Dec. 21 to provide an update on the #Starliner Orbital Flight Test. Call-in information and the time of the briefing will be announced on starlinerupdates.com, , and NASA.gov.
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This morning, after the team completes #AtlasV operations our teams will roll the rocket and #Starliner back to the Vertical Integration Facility for inspection and testing to inform next steps for our OFT-2 mission.
More updates as information becomes available.
Today, our #Starliner team, and will conduct a final Flight Readiness Review ahead of Starliner's July 30 Orbital Flight Test-2 launch.
Check out this behind-the-scenes footage of #Starliner’s latest parachute test. It’s part of our path to qualify the entire landing system to fly .
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"The Eagle has landed."
July 20, 1969, 4 days after launch, the crew of #Apollo 11 landed on the Moon.
49 years ago OTD
#OneGiantLeap #FuturesDay18 #BoeingFIA
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We’ve decided to fly a second Orbital Flight Test because we are committed to the safety of those who design, build and ultimately will fly on #Starliner.
Read the full statement here: boeing.mediaroom.com/2020-04-06-Boe
Check out the 2nd core stage that will launch the crewed #Artemis II mission around the moon. It’s making progress at #NASAMichoud.
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See #Starliner successfully, autonomously rendezvous and dock with during #OFT2. Through the combined work of and Starliner teams, the spacecraft connected to the Boeing-built International Docking Adapter at 7:28 p.m. CT.
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We're not proceeding with #Starliner launch tomorrow. Our team cycled the Service Module propulsion system valves and is taking time to gather data for next steps. We've ruled out software as a cause for the unexpected position indications.
More: starlinerupdates.com/starliner-team
🚀 Launch Update: We are targeting March 29, 2021 for our next #Starliner flight, Orbital Flight Test-2.
Our teams at and are making progress every day.
Learn more here: starlinerupdates.com/nasa-and-boein
Our teams in Houston and across the country conducted a full review of #Starliner’s flight software and the process to verify upgrades in the future. The Orbital Flight Test-2 software is now formally qualified for flight.
Learn more: starlinerupdates.com/boeing-complet
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We’re welcoming astronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore to the #Starliner team as spacecraft commander of the Crew Flight Test.
We recently mated the #Starliner OFT-2 crew and service modules inside our production factory at . Although Starliner gets a new service module for each flight, this reusable crew module is also slated to fly our first operational mission after the Crew Flight Test.
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POV: You're headed back to Earth 🌎 from space on #Starliner through the atmosphere's fiery 🔥 plasma barrier. (🔊sound on!)
To see it land softly in the desert of New Mexico from several angles, watch the full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=qieH9X
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🚀 Launch update: Pending Eastern Range approval, the mission-ready #Starliner team is targeting July 30 for Orbital Flight Test-2 to .
Learn more: starlinerupdates.com/boeing-and-nas
Science used to grow plants on helps protect our home planet and will assist in keeping healthy as they explore new frontiers. #SpaceStation20th
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The #Artemis I launch countdown started this morning at . The two-hour launch window opens at 8:33 a.m. ET on Aug. 29.
Learn more: nasa.gov/content/artemi
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At 9:32 a.m. ET on July 16, 1969, the five massive F-1 engines on the Boeing-built Saturn V first stage produced more than 7 million pounds of thrust, lifting Apollo 11 off the ground and out of Earth’s orbit. Next stop - the Moon. #Apollo50th
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See #Starliner roll to the pad atop the #AtlasV as we prepare for launch August 3.
Broadcast starts at 12:30 p.m. ET.
Launch is 1:20 p.m. ET.
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Last commander of Space Shuttle Atlantis and 3x Shuttle Astro.
Aviator and TOPGUN grad. We couldn’t have picked a better #Boeing #Starliner astronaut than .
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We are ready to roll out the 1st core stage from the #NASAMichoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. It will go by barge to in Mississippi for hot-fire testing. As they would say in New Orleans, “Laisse la fusée rouler!” – “Let the rocket roll!” #Artemis
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Starliner, we are go for launch!
In today's Flight Readiness Review, Boeing, and its international partners gave a go for the Orbital Flight Test-2 mission.
See the #Starliner launch atop a #AtlasV live Friday, July 30, 2:53 p.m. ET: boeing.com/starliner
Congratulations to the #Starliner landing and recovery team and to the thousands of people who helped make this mission possible. We test, we learn, we build the future together.
#Starliner will be mission-ready in May, and with we're targeting August/September to launch Orbital Flight Test-2. The timeframe aligns with docking availabilities.
Read more: starlinerupdates.com/nasa-and-boein
See how dressing for success on the lunar surface starts with testing spacesuit materials on . #SpaceStation20
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Check out our brand new #Starliner propulsion test footage. This successful test paves the way for our first uncrewed flight this summer and is an important next step for astronauts to fly later this year.
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#Artemis suppliers from around the country share in supporting ’s mission to put the first woman and next man on the Moon and then to go beyond to Mars. People in all 50 states contribute to this national effort.
See the Artemis team here: nasa.gov/content/artemi
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Our teams at the #Starliner factory installed and tested a new cover designed to protect the system that will connect the spacecraft to 's International Docking Adapter. This will help maintain the health of the reusable vehicle and ISS.
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Relax, #Starliner will take it from here! Astronauts can take control if needed, but this spacecraft is completely autonomous, designed to maneuver itself through each flight phase.
Cruise over to the Starliner mission site to watch the Dec. 20 broadcast: boeing.com/starliner
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We have a projected return to White Sands in 48 hours. If we can stay longer and get more test objectives, we will do that.
- Boeing VP of Space and Launch Jim Chilton
The #Starliner team is already hard at work on the spacecraft that landed at and arrived at last week.
Find out what’s new and what’s next for this reusable crew module: starlinerupdates.com/starliner-arri
We’re counting down to launch!
Our #Starliner team mated the Orbital Flight Test Crew Module to the Service Module. Getting ready to be stacked on #AtlasV!
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Welcome aboard , Crew-2!
We're excited about the discoveries you will make to support science and life on Earth.
One more spacewalk to go.
Today, and are putting the finishing touches on the installation of the new set of Boeing-built lithium-ion batteries aboard .
Tune in now: nasa.gov/live
On its trip to , #Starliner has completed a phasing burn to achieve the nominal catch-up rate with ISS, and the spacecraft's entry cover has opened to prepare for docking.
Among the critical data points we'll retrieve during today's landing and recovery, Rosie - our anthropometric test device - will provide critical data about what astronauts might experience during takeoff, flight and landing.
Next stop, !
We've handed over the #Artemis I core stage for delivery following a successful Green Run test series.
Release: boeing.mediaroom.com/news-releases-
#Starliner teams restored functionality to more propulsion system valves this weekend. Work continues at the Vertical Integration Facility on the remaining affected valves.
Learn more and get updates on the team’s progress: starlinerupdates.com/boeing-advance
Working with , we're continuing to ready #Starliner for flight, targeted for no earlier than April 2.
More: starlinerupdates.com/boeing-starlin
Our team has decided to replace the current #Starliner service module on the Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) vehicle with a newer service module.
Learn more: starlinerupdates.com/boeing-to-move
Astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Thomas Pesquet installed these solar arrays in June to add to 's power grid. Half the size of the original arrays, these produce 2x the energy. More are on the way in '22 and '23. #SpaceSymposium
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#Starliner teams continue to work around the clock to return functionality to propulsion system valves, with nine of 13 operating normally. In parallel, we're working with and @AerojetRdyne to determine the cause of the issue.
Learn more: starlinerupdates.com/boeing-works-t
#Starliner and #AtlasV rolled to the launch pad on Space Launch Complex-41 today. This is one of the final milestones before the December 20 Orbital Flight Test to . The countdown to launch is on!
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We sped up this time lapse so you can see #Starliner's rollout and stack in under 2 minutes.
Watch from Starliner's perspective as it heads from our factory to the Vertical Integration Facility.
Join us for Orbital Flight Test-2 launch on May 19.
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Wired to explore.
The core stage offers brains with that brawn. Guidance and navigation are part of the package at .
Learn more: boeing.com/space/space-la
Today, we pause to remember the crews lost in Apollo 1, Challenger and Columbia, and to reaffirm our commitment to safety in pursuit of discovery. #NASARemembers
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See how this innovative technology designed to clean water for on inspired a way to increase safe water access for communities around the globe. #SpaceStation20
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Once #Starliner’s engines fired, the spacecraft got up to 650 miles per hour (1,046 km per hour) in about five seconds, proving this system can get crew away from a dangerous situation fast.
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See #Starliner’s #OFT2 lift off on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 1:20 p.m. ET.
Watch live starting at ~12:30 p.m. ET: boeing.com/space/starline
Check out the completed 212-foot #NASASLS core stage structure! We’re starting final integration testing now that the 4th and final engine has been installed for the #Artemis I mission.
Full story: boeing.com/features/2019/
