May 212022
Much can be said derisively about the Boeing Starliner, but you can’t deny that it looks spiffy on-orbit.
Welcome #Starliner ! pic.twitter.com/F7KVIRO24c
— Samantha Cristoforetti (@AstroSamantha) May 21, 2022
See #Starliner successfully, autonomously rendezvous and dock with @Space_Station during #OFT2. Through the combined work of @NASA and Starliner teams, the spacecraft connected to the Boeing-built International Docking Adapter at 7:28 p.m. CT. pic.twitter.com/GHnz59zHXa
— Boeing Space (@BoeingSpace) May 21, 2022
Starliner is not yet ready to fly passengers to ISS, certainly not paying private tourists, still, it’s a step in the direction of granting the US redundant flight capability.