Boeing's Starliner spacecraft launched on June 5 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.
The mission’s success is a crucial step for Boeing as it seeks to certify the Starliner for regular crewed missions. Boeing ’s Starliner spacecraft finally docked at the International Space Station on Thursday morning, delivering NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams after a dramatic journey filled with leaks and thruster troubles.
The mission’s success is a crucial step for Boeing as it seeks to certify the Starliner for regular crewed missions, potentially marking the end of years of delays and establishing a new era of commercial spaceflight in partnership with NASA.The Starliner’s road to the ISS wasn’t smooth sailing. Even before launch, engineers discovered a small helium leak in the service module, a crucial component for spacecraft operations.
This setback caused Starliner to miss its initial docking window and circle the Earth for an extra hour before successfully linking up with the ISS.
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