While Boeing's passenger planes glitch, NASA is entrusting the company's spaceship with 2 astronauts' lives
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While Boeing's passenger planes glitch, NASA is entrusting the company's spaceship with 2 astronauts' lives
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Set to launch on Monday evening, NASA's Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will embark on Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spaceship, aiming to dock with the International Space Station early Wednesday. While...
show moreWhile SpaceX's Crew Dragon has been ferrying astronauts to the ISS, Boeing's Starliner is finally catching up after a decade-long journey.
Despite Boeing's recent passenger-plane woes, NASA insists that Starliner is ready and safe for launch, emphasizing rigorous testing and preparation.
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