Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner has passed its Flight Readiness Review (FRR) and is scheduled for a December 20 Launch. Assuming the launch schedule holds, the Starliner spacecraft will deliver supplies to the International Space Station (ISS).
Following the FRR, NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard said, "I am happy to announce we are go for launch."
NASA also pointed out that should more time be needed, launch dates could slip to the 21st or 23rd. Twenty-four hours after launch, the Starliner craft should dock with the ISS where astronauts will offload its cargo of supplies.
Also onboard the craft will be Rosie the Riveter, an anthropomorphic test dummy to provide critical data in preparation for a manned launch in the near future.
Phil McAlister, NASA's director of Commercial Spaceflight Development, said, "Starliner and crew dragon will signal the beginning of a robust age of space transportation."