Nearly Two And A Half Years After Its
First launch didn’t go to plan, Boeing’s new passenger spacecraft, the CST-100 Starliner, successfully launched to space this afternoon
Reaching The Right Orbit
It needed to achieve to rendezvous with the International Space Station tomorrow evening.
The Successful Launch
Marks the beginning of a crucial test flight for Starliner that will play out over the next week in space
One That Will
Help demonstrate if the capsule is capable of carrying humans to space one day.
Starliner...
Is a private spacecraft that Boeing developed in partnership with NASA
Primarily To Help...
Transport the agency’s astronauts to and from the International Space Station in low Earth orbit.