Starliner, Explained (Part 2): Crew Flight Test Mission Overview

Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft ferried NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station on the Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission. This will be the final test mission of Starliner before it moves into conduction full crew rotation missions. This video was published prior to the CFT mission launch on June 5, 2025.

In this video, Spaceflight Now Reporter Will Robinson-Smith dives into the history of astronauts chosen to fly onboard the first two crewed flights of Starliner (CFT and Starliner-1), the training Butch and Suni went through and the mission profile of the CFT mission.

This is part two of our two-part series Watch Starliner, Explained (Part 1) to learn more about the spacecraft itself and Boeing's development saga that led up to the vehicle's Crew Flight Test mission.

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Chapters:
00:00 Overview
01:31 Video breakdown
02:18 Evolution of CFT and Starliner-1 crews
06:28 Boeing's LeRoy Cain on working with Butch and Suni
07:21 Starliner capsule mock-up
08:12 Starliner seat development
09:10 Starliner spacesuits
12:08 Boeing Mission Simulator
13:21 Classroom learning
14:22 Virtual reality training
14:50 Ascent profile
16:56 Rendezvous and docking profile
18:31 Undocking and landing profile
20:06 Looking forward to the mission

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