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NASA and Boeing are targeting next Thursday, May 19, to launch
Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) to the International Space
Station (ISS), Trend reports citing Xinhua .
Scheduled to launch at 6:54 p.m. EDT, OFT-2 is the second
uncrewed flight for Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft as part
of NASA's Commercial Crew Program.
Starliner will launch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket
from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
in Florida, NASA said on Friday.
Starliner is expected to arrive at the ISS for docking about 24
hours after launch with more than 500 pounds of NASA cargo and crew
supplies.
After a successful docking, Starliner will spend five to 10 days
aboard the orbiting laboratory before returning to Earth in the
western United States, according to NASA.
The spacecraft will return with nearly 600 pounds of cargo,
including reusable Nitrogen Oxygen Recharge System tanks that
provide breathable air to station crew members.
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