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NASA and Boeing have finished the agency Flight Readiness Review (FRR) for the second Orbital Flight Test (OFT-2) of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft

OFT-2 will demonstrate the changes made to the Starliner spacecraft following the first OFT mission, which was conducted in December 2019

With the hardware and software changes completed and the Starliner now integrated with the Atlas V rocket, there were two critical pre-launch steps

The teams presented technical in-depth assessments, ensuring that the spacecraft, ISS, and launch vehicle are ready to support Starliner’s flight. 

After the review, the teams declared that Starliner is go to launch to the ISS at 2:53 PM EDT (18:53 UTC) on July 30

Roughly 24 hours after launch, the Starliner spacecraft will dock to the forward port on the ISS’s Harmony module, which will mark the first time that the Starliner has docked to the ISS

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Furthermore, the vehicle will be flying with crew displays, minor modifications to the wiring of the spacecraft, and other minor changes

Starliner will undergo its Launch Readiness Review on July 27, where a final go will be given for launch

After the LRR, the Atlas V rocket and Starliner spacecraft will be rolled out to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for launch

United Launch Alliance (ULA), the launch provider for the OFT-2 mission, has been readying the Atlas V N22 launch vehicle ready for the mission

On July 15, the Centaur upper stage, which was mated to the Starliner Launch Vehicle Adaptor (LVA) and interstage, was lifted on top of the Atlas V booster

There it was mated to the Atlas V booster, competing the Atlas V rocket, save for the Starliner spacecraft

On July 21, teams conducted an end to end testing campaign of the Starliner spacecraft

On July 22, the ULA and Boeing teams tested all communication between the Starliner spacecraft and the Atlas V launch vehicle

The launch of OFT-2 is currently set for July 30 at 2:53 PM EDT (18:53 UTC)