The U.S. space agency (NASA) and Boeing plan to conduct the Orbital Flight Test-2 (OTF-2) unmanned mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday.
This will be the second test unmanned mission of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft in partnership with NASA.
The Starliner will be launched on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, NASA announced yesterday, Friday.
According to mission planning, Starliner is expected to dock with the International Space Station (ISS) about 24 hours after launch, carrying 250 pounds of supplies and equipment. It will remain there for 5-10 days before departing the ISS to return to Earth.
The spacecraft will return carrying about 300 kilograms of cargo, including reusable tanks used to provide oxygen to members of the International Space Station.
Source: CNA
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