Ahead of the historic first test flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft for its Commercial Crew Program (CCP) NASA gave the go ahead for the ship’s first crewed flight to space earlier today. Starliner and SpaceX’s Crew Dragon were contracted by NASA at the same time for the CCP program, and since then, while SpaceX has secured additional NASA contracts for launches to the International Space Station (ISS), Starliner has lagged and faced multiple delays. NASA’s latest go ahead appears to mark the end of this period, and the ship is now ready to launch into space next month if last […]
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