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The Starliner factory operated by Boeing at
NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida

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received the major components for Spacecraft
1 recently as the company

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moves further into the manufacturing phase
for its new generation of human-rated spacecraft.

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The upper and lower domes plus the docking
tunnel stand in separate work areas inside

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the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility

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where they will be outfitted before being
connected to each other.

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The spacecraft is being built to perform several
testing regimes

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and the pad abort test that will prove the
launch escape system for the Starliner will work.

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Spacecraft 1's start of production comes on
the heels of the joining of the upper and

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lower halves

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that form the complete hull of the Structural
Test Article.

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The test article will be built and outfitted
like a fully functional spacecraft,

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but will be used for in-depth testing on Earth
before other spacecraft are sent into orbit.

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Boeing is building the CST-100 Starliner in
partnership with NASA's Commercial Crew Program