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BOEING FINALLY LAUNCHES ITS STARLINER CAPSULE WITH NASA ASTRONAUTS ON BOARD

The mission — a test flight for NASA — comes after years of delays and setbacks
for the beleaguered company

By Christian Davenport
June 5, 2024 at 12:02 p.m. EDT
Launch of the Boeing Starliner's first crewed mission
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Boeing launched its Starliner spacecraft with a pair of NASA astronauts for the
space agency to the International Space Station. (Video: NASA)

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Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft finally carried a pair of astronauts to orbit on
Wednesday, a key milestone in the company’s troubled quest to provide NASA with
a spacecraft capable of flying crews to the International Space Station.

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An Atlas V rocket, operated by the United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of
Boeing and Lockheed Martin, lifted off from its pad at 10:52 a.m. lighting up
the sky of the Florida Space Coast in what was heralded as a triumphant
beginning to an eight-day test of how the spacecraft operates with a crew on
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