ULA Clears Milestone For Human Spaceflight Aboard Atlas V

The completion of the International Space Station (ISS) Design Certification Review for Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner brings the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket a step closer to human spaceflight. “Design Certification Review is a significant milestone that completes the design phase of the program, paving the way to operations,” Barb Egan, ULA Commercial Crew program manager, said in a Jan. 4 statement. “Hardware and software final qualification tests are ...