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Boeing launches its Starliner capsule on a crewless eight-day journey to the International Space Station and back, a key test mission for NASA's plans to end US dependence on Russia for space rides. IMAGES
Boeing launches its first astronauts bound for the International Space Station aboard a Starliner capsule, which joins a select club of spacecraft to carry humans beyond Earth. The third time turns out to be the charm for the aerospace giant, after two previous bids to fly with crew were aborted late into the countdown, for technical reasons. IMAGES
SpaceX launched its third crewed mission to the International Space Station early Friday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Four astronauts were on board, including Frenchman Thomas Pesquet. IMAGES
Boeing's new Starliner spacecraft returned to Earth, six days early, after a clock problem prevented a rendezvous with the International Space Station. IMAGES
NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine says Boeing's Starliner spacecraft burned more fuel that anticipated and won't achieve its scheduled docking at the International Space Station on Saturday. SOUNDBITE