What’s next for Boeing Starliner after first crew test?

Boeing executive Mark Nappi has a spacecraft checklist with nearly 90 items on it.

Nappi is working with NASA to pave the way for the Crew Flight Test (CFT) of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft, the first mission with astronauts on board, now set to launch on May 6.

Starliner has been to space twice in unmanned test flights in 2019 and 2022, he said, but the next step is crucial: "We are introducing humans," Nappi told reporters here March 22 at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

From launch to landing, through docking with the International Space Station (ISS) and re-entering Earth's atmosphere, ...