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Boeing CST-100 Starliner

Boeing's CST-100 Starliner is a partially reusable crew-transport spacecraft developed under NASA's Commercial Crew Program. Boeing built three crew modules: Spacecraft 1 for the pad-abort test and reusable Spacecraft 2 and 3 for orbital missions. Three orbital flight tests were completed from 2019 through 2024, but Starliner remains uncertified while NASA and Boeing resolve propulsion, helium-leak, parachute, qualification, and program-management findings. The next planned flight is an uncrewed cargo validation mission whose launch opportunity remains under review.

Boeing CST-100 Starliner
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Aliases
CST-100CST-100 StarlinerBoeing Starliner
Family Name
Starliner
Full Name
Boeing CST-100 Starliner
Roles
crewed_spacecraft
Status
development
Type
spacecraft

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Description
Boeing's CST-100 Starliner is a partially reusable crew-transport spacecraft developed under NASA's Commercial Crew Program. Boeing built three crew modules: Spacecraft 1 for the pad-abort test and reusable Spacecraft 2 and 3 for orbital missions. Three orbital flight tests were completed from 2019 through 2024, but Starliner remains uncertified while NASA and Boeing resolve propulsion, helium-leak, parachute, qualification, and program-management findings. The next planned flight is an uncrewed cargo validation mission whose launch opportunity remains under review.
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First Flight Year
2,019
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Propulsion Configurations
  • Entries
    • Count
      20
      Placement
      spacecraft
      Propulsion System
      Role
      main
      Stage
      service-module
      Variant Notes
      Twenty exact OMAC engines on the Starliner service module provide orbital maneuvering and deorbit capability; RCS and launch-abort systems are intentionally excluded from this bounded entry.
    Name
    CST-100 Starliner service-module OMAC configuration
    Notes
    Applies only to the operational CST-100 Starliner service-module OMAC system. The 28 service-module RCS thrusters, 12 crew-module RCS thrusters, and four launch-abort engines remain separate or unmodeled until each exact system boundary is independently sourced; no early 24-OMAC test configuration is substituted.
Spacecraft Specs
Reusability
partially_reusable

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Creation Time
April 26, 2026 at 15:30:34 UTC
Updated Time
September 7, 2026 at 23:51:36 UTC
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