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After years of setbacks and over $1.5 billion in cost overruns, Nasa is set to launch Boeing's Starliner spacecraft on its first crewed test flight today, carrying astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams to the International Space Station (ISS)...
Williams, who has already spent a cumulative total of 322 days in space across two missions, was scheduled to launch aboard Boeing Starliner's test flight as the company aims to get certified as fit for flight by Nasa..
Williams is joined by Nasa's Barry Wilmore on the flight, as they fly the Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) to dock in zero gravity, and then return to splashdown on Earth...
Starliner Launch LIVE: The mission aims to certify Boeing's Starliner as the second private spacecraft, after SpaceX's Crew Dragon, capable of transporting astronauts to and from the orbiting laboratory...
Starliner Launch LIVE: Welcome to India Today Science LIVE Blog as we bring to you latest updates from Nasa's attempt to launch Starliner on mission to International Space Station...
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