{"id":22225,"date":"2022-04-15T21:17:53","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T13:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/boeing-announces-may-19-for-second-attempt-of-its-starliner-oft-2-mission\/"},"modified":"2022-04-15T21:17:53","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T13:17:53","slug":"boeing-announces-may-19-for-second-attempt-of-its-starliner-oft-2-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/boeing-announces-may-19-for-second-attempt-of-its-starliner-oft-2-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Boeing announces May 19 for second attempt of its Starliner OFT-2 mission"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Boeing announced on April 14 that it had selected May 19 at 6:54 p.m. EDT as the launch date and time of Starliner\u2019s Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2). This mission will send an uncrewed Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station \u2013 this being the final real-world test for the spacecraft before crew ride on it for the first time.<\/p>\n

As the mission name implies, OFT-2 is the second attempt for Boeing\u2019s Starliner at this mission. In December of 2019, the first OFT launch successfully made it to space but failed to reach the correct orbit due to a software problem on the spacecraft. However, the spacecraft was safely deorbited and recovered at White Sands Missile Range.<\/p>\n

Last July, Boeing attempted to launch OFT-2, but corrosion found in a valve scrubbed the launch attempt and started months of investigation into what caused it and how to fix it. Eventually, the OFT-2 Starliner received a new service module and was slated ready to launch, but it just needed free time at the ISS.<\/p>\n

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