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Finally! Boeing Starliner’s First Manned Mission Reaches Orbit

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The launch comes after a string of recent delays and years of setbacks for Boeing’s answer to SpaceX.

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41 during NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test on June 05, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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