Orlando Business Journal by Alex Soderstrom 10/25/2019
Boeing will launch its spacecraft meant to carry astronauts to the International Space Station before the end of the year.
The aerospace firm and defense contractor plans to launch its Starliner spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Dec. 17, though launch dates can fluctuate. The uncrewed test flight will be the first for the spacecraft, built by Chicago-based Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) to carry astronauts to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.
The Commercial Crew Program is a collaboration between the space agency and private companies to build spacecraft and launch systems to take astronauts to low-Earth orbit and the space station. Since NASA’s Space Shuttle Program ended in 2011, American astronauts traveling to the space station have to ride on Russian spacecraft.
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