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The Boeing Starliner is launched on its first crewed flight, carrying astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams to the International Space Station.
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Boeing Starliner
Class of partially reusable crew capsules
The Boeing Starliner is a spacecraft designed to transport crew to and from the International Space Station (ISS) and other low-Earth-orbit destinations. Developed by Boeing under NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP), it consists of a reusable crew capsule and an expendable…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Boeing Crew Flight Test
First crewed launch of the Boeing Starliner
Boeing Crew Flight Test (Boe-CFT) was the first crewed mission of the Boeing Starliner capsule. Launched on 5 June 2024, the mission flew a crew of two NASA astronauts, Barry E. Wilmore and Sunita Williams, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to the International Space…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Barry Wilmore
American astronaut (born 1962)
Barry Eugene "Butch" Wilmore is a retired American NASA astronaut and United States Navy test pilot. He has had three spaceflights, the first of which was an 11-day Space Shuttle mission in November 2009, to the International Space Station. Wilmore was designated as pilot with…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Sunita Williams
American astronaut and Navy officer (born 1965)
Sunita Lyn "Suni" Williams is an American astronaut and a retired U.S. Navy officer. Williams served aboard the International Space Station as a participant in Expedition 14, a flight engineer for Expedition 15 and Expedition 32, and commander of Expedition 33. A member of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
June 5
Day of the year
June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 209 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)