Boeing Starliner launches to the International Space Station on an unmanned test mission

Boeing Starliner takes off on an unmanned test mission

France Press agency , wahsington,

May 20, 2022 at 5:45am WST
Updated: May 20 2022, 05:45 ist

A Boeing CST-100 Starliner capsule has been launched on a second uncrewed test flight to the International Space Station, in Cape Canaveral. Credit: Reuters Photo

US aerospace giant Boeing launched its Starliner capsule to the International Space Station on Thursday in a critical unmanned test flight that followed years of failures and false starts.

The Orbital Test Flight 2 (OFT-2) mission lifted off at 6:54 p.m. ET (2254 GMT) from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, with the spaceship anchored atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.

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