Boeing Reports Progress Toward CCtCap Certification Goal

Boeing has passed a NASA certification baseline review the space agency conducted for the Commercial Crew Transportation Capability program.

NASA said Monday this is the first of several Boeing must go through to complete full certification of its human space transport systems.

The review evaluated Boeing’s CST-100 space capsule design, the Atlas V rocket and the operational systems needed for the launch.

“It’s important for us to set a robust plan for achieving certification upfront,” said John Mulholland, commercial crew program manager at Boeing.

“It’s crucial for us to achieve our 2017 goal, and the plan we’ve put in place will get us there.”

Future milestones will include flight tests to the International Space Station.

NASA awarded the CCtCap contracts to Boeing and SpaceX in September.