Boeing's Starliner set for April crewed test flight success

NASA confirms that Boeing's CST-100 Starliner is on track for its first crewed test flight in mid-April. The mission, called Crew Flight Test (CFT), will transport NASA astronauts to the International Space Station for at least eight days. The launch was delayed from this year to resolve technical issues, including removing flammable tape from wire harnesses and redesigning soft links in the spacecraft's parachutes. The tape remediation work is complete, and a drop test in January will test the performance of the redesigned soft links. If successful, the CFT mission will mark the first crewed U.S. capsule landing on land and the first crewed launch from Cape Canaveral since 1968.