Boeing’s crew capsule rocketed into orbit Thursday on a repeat test flight without astronauts, after years of being grounded by flaws that could have doomed the spacecraft.
, NASA’s other contracted taxi service. Elon Musk’s company has been flying astronauts to and from the space station for two years and delivering cargo for a full decade.
“We always, in this case, want to have a backup," Nelson told The Associated Press hours before liftoff. Starliner will spend close to a week at the space station before aiming for a touchdown in the New Mexico desert.
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