Boeing’s Historic Starliner Capsule Is Heading to the ISS

On July 30, 2021, Boeing’s Starliner Crew Capsule is scheduled to launch to the ISS. If all goes well, this uncrewed mission will pave the way for crewed missions later this year…and prove that Boeing and NASA have what it takes to reinvent commercial human spaceflight. » Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker (then hit the little 🔔 icon and select "all.") » Watch more Countdown to Launch: http://bit.ly/CTLplaylist » Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.com Boeing is in a unique position. It’s one of the most well-established aviation companies in the biz, and also one of a number of private companies vying to be a leader in commercial spaceflight. In 2014, the company was awarded a massive contract by NASA to send crewed flight missions up to the ISS. But it wasn’t the only one— right around the same time, SpaceX got a similar contract from NASA…and they hit the ground RUNNING. On May 30, 2020, SpaceX became the first ever private company to send a crew to the ISS. It also marked the first time that astronauts had launched into space from US soil since NASA ended its Space Shuttle program in 2011. Starliner will ride atop the Atlas V rocket. Its main engine delivers nearly 4 mega-Newtons of thrust at sea level…and each of its two boosters deliver roughly 1.5 mega-Newtons of thrust at liftoff. Unlike SpaceX’s crew capsule, which lands in the water, Boeing’s Starliner is designed to land on solid ground using a series of parachutes and airbags. #NASA #space #ISS #Boeing #SpaceX #seeker #science #countdowntolaunch Read More: Boeing's Starliner spacecraft just met its rocket for NASA test launch July 30 https://www.space.com/boeing-starliner-gets-atlas-v-rocket-oft-2-launch "The mission, called Orbital Flight Test 2 (OFT-2), will be Boeing's second attempt at launching its new astronaut taxi to the International Space Station. The CST-100 Starliner spacecraft was stacked atop its United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on July 17 at Florida's