OFT Mission Update

After a successful launch at 6:36 a.m. EST Friday on the ULA Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner is an unplanned, but stable orbit. The team is assessing what test objectives can be achieved before a safe return of the spacecraft to land in White Sands, New Mexico. NASA and Boeing officials held a post-launch news conference Friday morning.

VIEW THE NEWS CONFERENCE HERE

Participants include: Jim Bridenstine, NASA Administrator Tory Bruno, President and CEO, United Launch Alliance Jim Chilton, Boeing senior vice president, Space and Launch Division Steve Stich, deputy manager, NASA Commercial Crew Program Kirk Shireman, manager, International Space Station Program Mike Fincke, NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, NASA astronaut