Week 21, 2022: Boeing Starliner Completes Successful (2nd) Test Flight
Boeing OFT-2 approaching the International Space Station, 2022-May-21
On May 25, 2022, the Boeing Starliner has successfully completed its five-day uncrewed test flight to the International Space Station after its failed attempt to do so in 2019. This mission, named Boeing OFT-2, will pave the way for future crew transport to the ISS as a complement to SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft under NASA's Commercial Crew Program
You can download the International Space Station addon to view the Starliner spacecraft in Celestia
Source: SpaceNews.com
Newest Addons of the Week
These are the newest and updated add-ons available for download starting this week (May 16 - 23, 2022) by category
Asteroids & NEOs
The 2013 Chelyabinsk meteoroid shortly before entering the Earth's atmosphere
- 1991 VG by Art Blos
- 2006 RH120 by Art Blos
- 2013 Chelyabinsk meteor by Zemlyanin
- 2020 CD3 by Art Blos
- 2685 Masursky by FarGetaNik
- 3753 Cruithne by Jack Higgins
- 132524 APL by FarGetaNik
Updates
Exoplanets
The four confirmed planets of HD 40307
- HD 129116 by Gurren Lagann
- Mu2 Scorpii by Gurren Lagann
Fictional
The Starship Avalon passing by Arcturus as depicted in the 2016 film, Passengers
- Cham's Stars by Cham
- Delta Trianguli by PlutonianEmpire
- Passengers (2016) by Taddei
Spacecraft
The Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE) satellite
- SORCE by toutatis
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