Boeing’s spacecraft has touched down after its first successful test launch—setting the stage for the capsule to eventually compete with SpaceX to carry NASA astronauts.
to the ISS in May 2020, and has traveled to the space station with crew several times since then.
However, Boeing’s competing Starliner program has faced technical hurdles: The capsule didn’t make it to the ISS during its 2019 test launch after its failure to enter the proper orbit, and a second test scheduled for last August was called off due to a valve issue. The problems have led to years of delays, extra costs and additional stress for Boeing, a legendary company whose reputation was undermined by a pair of fatal 737 MAX commercial airplane crashes in 2018 and 2019.
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