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Boeing’s Starliner overcomes last-second problems to dock with the ISS
Boeing’s Starliner has successfully docked with the ISS — but not without some last-minute problems. The company’s first crewed mission to the space station linked up at 1:34 PM ET after missing its first shot due to several thrusters malfunctioning.
Astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams plan to spend the next eight days onboard the ISS before returning to Earth. “Nice to be attached to the big city in the sky,” Wilmore spoke over comms to mission control in Houston after the successful docking. NASA and Boeing concluded that the loss didn’t compromise the mission, and Wilmore and Williams restarted three of them, providing enough redundancy to move forward.
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