On the morning of Wednesday, May 18, 2022, Boeing's CST-100 starliner spacecraft and the Atlas V rocket of the joint launch Alliance (ULA) set out from the ula vertical integration facility and were pushed onto the launch pad of space launch complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force base, Florida before the unmanned launch of NASA's Boeing orbital flight test-2 (oft-2) mission to the international space station.
The launch time of the orbital flight test-2 mission is scheduled for Thursday, May 19, at 6:54 PM EST.
For Thursday's launch, meteorologists from the 45th meteorological squadron of the U.S. air force continued to predict that the possibility of favorable weather was 70%. The main weather problem on the launch day is the possible impact of cumulus and chopping block clouds during the instantaneous launch window.
NASA deputy director Bob cabana, director of Kennedy Space Center Janet petro, NASA deputy director of space operations mission Katherine ludes and NASA astronauts sunI Williams, Mike Fink and Barry Butch Wilmore attended the media briefing before NASA Boeing orbital flight test-2 (oft-2) on May 18, 2022.
Boeing's CST-100 starliner spacecraft will be launched from the space launch complex-41 of the Cape Canaveral space station and from the Atlas V rocket of the joint launch alliance to perform the docking mission with the space station. The unmanned oft-2 will be starliner's second flight test for NASA's commercial crew program.
NASA executives provided an update on oft-2 at a briefing, with participants including:
NASA deputy director Bob Cabana
Janet petro, director of NASA's Kennedy Space Center
Catherine ludes, deputy director of NASA's space operations mission
NASA astronaut sunI Williams
NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore
NASA astronaut Mike Fink