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Boeing's Starliner spacecraft docks with space station after thruster issues


An earlier docking attempt was called off after problems were discovered with five of the 28 thrusters on the lower portion of the Starliner capsule.

Two NASA astronauts aboard Boeing’s Starliner capsule arrived at the International Space Station Thursday, successfully docking with the orbiting outpost despite issues with the spacecraft’s thrusters. The Starliner capsule is designed to dock autonomously with the space station, but Wilmore and Williams can take manual control if needed. The duo will then be greeted by the seven crewmembers already stationed at the ISS: NASA astronauts Michael Barratt, Matt Dominick, Tracy Dyson and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko.

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