01 141119 Boeing Starliner Leading the Way by Stinger

141 14TH NOVEMBER 2019 ISSUE 01 What about it!? The need for knowledge NEWS UPDATE BOEING STARLINER LEADING THE WAY By STINGER NSW Based on information discovered on the internet relating to the ISS schedule and planned launches, it seems like Boeing will be the first to launch astronauts to the ISS from US soil as part of the Commercial Crew Program however there is a "might". In Flight Abort Test Planned for December 2019 A Falcon 9 will launch a Dragon 2 before the spacecraft will perform a launch abort at Max Q in order to test Dragon 2's launch abort system. BOE-OFT Net 17 December 2019 Un-crewed orbital test flight of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft. BOE-CFT Net Q1 2020 An artist’s conception shows Boeing’s Starliner capsule and SpaceX’s Crew Dragon craft | Credit>>>NASA Graphic Extended crewed test flight, "might" deliver ISS Expedition 60/61 (Current) Expedition 62/63 crew to ISS (Stinger NSW: Based on ISS schedule this is planned for February 2020 Luca Parmitano, Aleksandr Skvortsov, Christina Koch which puts this a month ahead of the Crew Dragon Oleg Skripochka, Jessica Meir, Drew Morgan Demo-2, I am sure Christina Koch told NASA a thing or two wanting to head back to earth after 324+ Expedition 62/63 days in space). Oleg Skripochka, Jessica Meir, Drew Morgan Michael Fincke, Christopher Ferguson, Nicole Aunapu Mann from BOE-CFT Crew Dragon Demo-2 Planned for March 2020 Luca Parmitano, Aleksandr Skvortsov & Christina Koch Dragon 2 will carry its first crew on a 14-day test Returning on Soyuz-MS-13 is which is planned for February 2020 mission to the ISS. USCV-1 Planned for May 2020 Expedition 64/65 Michael Fincke, Christopher Ferguson, Nicole Aunapu Mann First crew rotation of the commercial crew program. Victor Glover, Michael Hopkins, Soichi Noguchi from USCV-1 Will deliver ISS Expedition 64/65 crew for a several months long stay aboard the ISS. The Crew Oleg Skripochka, Jessica Meir & Drew Morgan Dragon will dock whilst a Boeing CST-100 Returning on Soyuz MS-15 which is planned in Spring 2020 Starliner is still docked from the extended CFT, to (Stinger NSW: May 2020 to line up with USCV-1?) perform a direct handover. Expedition 66/67 USCV-2 Planned for December 2020 Victor Glover, Michael Hopkins, Soichi Noguchi Sunita Williams, Josh Cassada, Thomas Pesquet from USCV-1 Deliver ISS Expedition 66/67 crew. .

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