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<\/a>Boeing\u2019s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft successfully docked to the International Space Station\u2019s Harmony module at 8:28 p.m. EDT.\u00a0Starliner launched on\u00a0a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on a flight test to the\u202fInternational Space Station<\/a> at 6:54 p.m. on Thursday, May 19 from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.<\/p>\n NASA will host a media teleconference to give an update on Starliner\u2019s progress tonight at approximately 9:30 p.m. Friday, May 20 where it will be streamed live on NASA\u2019s website<\/a>. Participants include:<\/p>\n Starliner\u2019s hatch opening is scheduled to begin at approximately 11:45 a.m. Saturday, May 21. Coverage of hatch opening will air live on\u00a0NASA Television, the\u00a0NASA app<\/a>, and the agency\u2019s\u00a0website<\/a>.<\/p>\n Saturday, May 21<\/strong><\/p>\n Starliner is scheduled to depart the space station Wednesday, May 25, when it will undock and return to Earth, with a desert landing in the western U.S. The spacecraft will return with more than 600 pounds of cargo, including Nitrogen Oxygen Recharge System reusable tanks that provide breathable air to station crew members. The tanks will be refurbished on Earth and sent back to station on a future flight.<\/p>\n Following certification, NASA missions aboard Starliner will carry up to four crew members to the station, enabling the continued expansion of the crew and increasing the amount of\u00a0science and research<\/a> that can be performed aboard the orbiting laboratory.<\/p>\n OFT-2 will provide valuable data toward NASA certifying Boeing\u2019s crew transportation system for regular flights with astronauts to and from the space station.<\/p>\n Boeing Starliner updates<\/a> provides the latest information from the Orbital Flight Test-2.<\/p>\n More details about the mission and\u202fNASA\u2019s commercial crew program can be found in the press kit online<\/a> and by following the commercial crew blog<\/a>, @commercial_crew<\/a> and commercial crew on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n Learn more about station activities by following the\u00a0space station blog<\/a>,\u00a0@space_station<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0@ISS_Research<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter, as well as the\u00a0ISS Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0ISS Instagram<\/a>\u00a0accounts.<\/p>\n Get weekly video highlights at:\u00a0http:\/\/jscfeatures.jsc.nasa.gov\/videoupdate\/<\/a><\/p>\n Get the latest from NASA delivered every week. Subscribe here:\u00a0www.nasa.gov\/subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n Get The Details…<\/a><\/p>\n Mark Garcia <\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Boeing\u2019s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft successfully docked to the International Space Station\u2019s Harmony module at 8:28 p.m. EDT.\u00a0Starliner launched on\u00a0a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on a flight test to the\u202fInternational Space Station at 6:54 p.m. on Thursday, May 19 from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. NASA will host \u2026 Continue reading \n
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