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Video: Starliner suffers thruster failures as it docks with ISS
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft can't seem to catch a break. Although it ultimately successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS), five of the capsule's reaction thrusters malfunctioned, delaying docking by over an hour.
Even though one thruster was suffering a small but persistent helium leak, Wednesday's launch went off without incident as the spacecraft, with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard, soared into orbit. "We’ve had an ideal start for this flight test that our team has been working toward for some time," said Boeing’s Mark Nappi, program manager for Starliner. A retired field archaeologist and university lecturer, he has a background in the history of science, technology, and medicine with a particular emphasis on aerospace, military, and cybernetic subjects.
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