"Boeing and NASA Set May 1 Date for Starliner's First Crewed Flight to Space Station"
TL;DR
NASA and Boeing are targeting May 1 for the first crewed flight of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station, with astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams on board. The mission will launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, with docking scheduled for May 2. The spacecraft's maneuverability will be tested during the trip, and lessons learned from previous test flights have led to improvements in the spacecraft's systems.
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