
Boeing makes third attempt to launch its Starliner capsule to the ISS
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Boeing will try yet again Thursday to send the capsule it designed to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station on a successful, uncrewed test mission. After two prior attempts to complete such a mission failed, Boeing's goal is to prove the spacecraft can dock with the orbiting outpost. It must succeed before it can move on to missions with people on board.
Launch of the capsule, called the Starliner, is scheduled for 6:54 pm ET Thursday from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. If all goes well, the Atlas V rocket will vault the capsule into orbit, after which it will detach and spend about 24 hours free flying through orbit before it arrives at the ISS and makes gentle contact, docking with the spacecraft, where it is slated to remain for less than a week.
On board this mission will be some supplies for the astronauts already on board the ISS as well as a spacesuit-clad mannequin, named Rosie, after the World War II-era Rosie the Riveter.

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