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Boeing Starliner rolls out to launch pad for 1st astronaut flight on May 6

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Starliner is at last at its Florida launch pad for its historic 1st mission with astronauts. The Boeing spacecraft made a brief journey there May 4 to coincide with Star Wars Day.

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Orlando Sentinel

Boeing aims for Starliner astronaut launch Monday after delays, $1.5 billion spent

CAPE CANAVERAL — Boeing has spent more than $1.5 billion to develop its CST-100 Starliner amid years of delays, but the payoff on its deal with NASA is on the horizon with the first human test flight set for launch Monday night. Veteran NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will climb aboard the capsule for the Crew Flight Test atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. It’s set to lift off from Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 41 a…

14 days ago·Orlando, United States

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Boeing Starliner rolls out to launch pad for 1st astronaut flight on May 6

Starliner is at last at its Florida launch pad for its historic 1st mission with astronauts. The Boeing spacecraft made a brief journey there May 4 to coincide with Star Wars Day.

14 days ago·United States

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