The Starliner spacecraft is on its way, carrying two astronauts to the International Space Station, having finally launched on its third attempt
Boeing has successfully launched its Starliner spacecraft with a crew aboard for the first time, on the third attempt. The milestone launch means that NASA now has two commercial options for getting astronauts to space: Boeing and SpaceX.following years of delay. Originally, a crewed launch was slated to occur by the end of 2017 but the programme ran slower than expected.
Each Starliner is designed to last for up to ten return flights, and can carry up to seven humans per flight. Standard operational flights are likely to carry only three or four astronauts, however.Now Starliner is the sixth spacecraft in US history to make a crewed launch, being preceded by Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, the Space Shuttle and Dragon.
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