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Friday, December 20, 2019

Boeing successfully launches astronaut capsule from Cape Canaveral



The Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, atop a ULA Atlas V rocket, stands at launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida December 19, 2019. REUTERS/Steve Nesius


CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - Boeing Co successfully launched its new astronaut capsule on Friday on an unmanned debut journey to the International Space Station, a milestone test for the U.S. aerospace firm that is vying with SpaceX to revive NASA’s human spaceflight capabilities.


Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, a cone-shaped pod with seven astronaut seats, blasted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral at 6:36 a.m. (1136 GMT) atop an Atlas V rocket from Boeing-Lockheed Martin Corp’s United Launch Alliance.


Reporting by Joey Roulette; Editing by Frances Kerry







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