The Boeing CST-100 Starliner will dock with the International Space Station as part of its crewed test flight.

United Launch Alliance

This is the first crewed test flight of Starliner spacecraft. It will carry NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and
Suni Williams to the International Space Station.

CST-100 Starliner Crewed Flight Test

Low Earth Orbit

Atlas V N22 | CST-100 Starliner Crewed Flight Test

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Space Launch Complex 41

The Commercial Crew Program (CCP) is a human spaceflight program operated by NASA, in association with American aerospace manufacturers Boeing and SpaceX. The program conducts rotations between the expeditions of the International Space Station program, transporting crews to and from the International Space Station (ISS) aboard Boeing Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon capsules, in the first crewed orbital spaceflights operated by private companies.

Commercial Crew Program

The International Space Station programme is tied together by a complex set of legal, political and financial agreements between the sixteen nations involved in the project, governing ownership of the various components, rights to crewing and utilization, and responsibilities for crew rotation and resupply of the International Space Station. It was conceived in 1984 by President Ronald Reagan, during the Space Station Freedom project as it was originally called.

International Space Station

Atlas V N22

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Launch Successful

Boeing Starliner CFT Docking

Boeing

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

SpaceX

Canadian Space Agency

European Space Agency

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station, or a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit. Its first component was launched into orbit in 1998, with the first long-term residents arriving in November 2000. It has been inhabited continuously since that date. The last pressurised module was fitted in 2011, and an experimental inflatable space habitat was added in 2016. The station is expected to operate until 2030. Development and assembly of the station continues, with several new elements scheduled for launch in 2019. The ISS is the largest human-made body in low Earth orbit and can often be seen with the naked eye from Earth. The ISS consists of pressurised habitation modules, structural trusses, solar arrays, radiators, docking ports, experiment bays and robotic arms. ISS components have been launched by Russian Proton and Soyuz rockets, and American Space Shuttles.