The Boeing Starliner autonomously docked to the space station on Friday night. The mission was designed to give Boeing and NASA enough data to certify the spacecraft for long-duration crewed missions to the orbiting laboratory.
, carrying more than 600 pounds of cargo, on Wednesday, May 25. That cargo will include Nitrogen Oxygen Recharge System reusable tanks that provide breathable air to station crew members. The tanks will be refurbished and sent back to the ISS on a future flight.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the Boeing Starliner crew capsule lifts off on a second test flight to the International Space Station from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursd "OFT-2 will provide valuable data toward NASA certifying Boeing’s crew transportation system for regular flights with astronauts to and from the space station," the agency wrote. "Starliner has proven safe, autonomous rendezvous and docking capability," said Jim Chilton, senior vice president of Boeing Space and Launch, said in a statement. "We’re honored to join the fleet of commercial spacecraft capable of conducting transportation services to the space station for NASA."
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