Boeing is slated to launch its long-anticipated Starliner spacecraft — which is built to carry NASA astronauts — on an uncrewed test flight to the International Space Station, a follow-up to the company's botched first attempt 18 months ago, tomorrow.
The Starliner was scheduled to launch from Florida Friday afternoon and dock with the ISS on Saturday. But when a new laboratory module from Russia, called Nauka, docked at the space station Thursday morning, the module's thrusters began unexpectedly firing. Though
, though they'll be owned and operated by their respective companies, and are designed to take astronauts and possibly tourists to and from the ISS.Read MoreIf all goes according to plan during Starliner's upcoming uncrewed test mission, the fully autonomous Starliner spacecraft will spend a few days in orbit — without humans on board — and dock with the International Space Station to demonstrate that the capsule is capable of getting the job does safely.
typically pays companies to take cargo to and from the space station, this flight will come at no cost. Boeing agreed to complete this mission on its own dime after its first attempt failed in December 2019. The company said in 2020 that it set aside $410 million for this mission.
and its corporate partners to replace the Space Shuttle program, which for 30 years was the primary means of transportation to space for US astronauts.
's contracts with Boeing for this program total $4.82 billion, while SpaceX's are worth $3.14 billion.
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