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Boeing Starliner OFT-2 Update
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA Atlas V N22 | CST-100 Starliner Orbital Flight Test 2 (OFT-2)
NASA and Boeing are continuing discussions on the status of the Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) mission, and will host a joint media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT, Friday, Aug. 13, to discuss the second uncrewed flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station, as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.
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