Boeing has launched astronauts to space for the first time, belatedly joining SpaceX as a second taxi service for NASA.

A pair of NASA test pilots blasted off aboard Boeing’s Starliner capsule for the International Space Station on Wednesday, local time, the first to fly the new spacecraft.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-06/boeing-starliner-launch-nasa-astronauts/103942648

dv said:

Boeing has launched astronauts to space for the first time, belatedly joining SpaceX as a second taxi service for NASA.

A pair of NASA test pilots blasted off aboard Boeing’s Starliner capsule for the International Space Station on Wednesday, local time, the first to fly the new spacecraft.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-06/boeing-starliner-launch-nasa-astronauts/103942648

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dv said:

Boeing has launched astronauts to space for the first time, belatedly joining Elon as a second taxi service for NASA.

A pair of NASA test pilots blasted off aboard Boeing’s Starliner capsule for the International Space Station on Wednesday, local time, the first to fly the new spacecraft.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-06/boeing-starliner-launch-nasa-astronauts/103942648

Triffic.

Peak Warming Man said:

dv said:

Boeing has launched astronauts to space for the first time, belatedly joining Elon as a second taxi service for NASA.

A pair of NASA test pilots blasted off aboard Boeing’s Starliner capsule for the International Space Station on Wednesday, local time, the first to fly the new spacecraft.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-06/boeing-starliner-launch-nasa-astronauts/103942648

Triffic.

yes, definitely the day of the triffics.

It took them a while, I think they need to review their testing regime.

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/cst-100-starliner-completes-first-crewed-docking-with-international-space-station/vi-BB1nLnuQ?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=56cbe5f33159402b84db6fc1867de512&ei=19

Docking of Starliner, there could be Russians abord the Spacestation, I suppose they have to treat them as friends.

Peak Warming Man said:

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/cst-100-starliner-completes-first-crewed-docking-with-international-space-station/vi-BB1nLnuQ?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=56cbe5f33159402b84db6fc1867de512&ei=19

Docking of Starliner, there could be Russians abord the Spacestation, I suppose they have to treat them as friends.

When you’re surrounded by an environment that will kill you and everyone else practically instantly, and you’re all depending on each other to do the right and professional thing to preserve your flimsy habitat and operate the systems on which your lives depend, then, yeah, it’s probably a good idea to try to get on with them all.

Peak Warming Man said:

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/cst-100-starliner-completes-first-crewed-docking-with-international-space-station/vi-BB1nLnuQ?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=56cbe5f33159402b84db6fc1867de512&ei=19

Docking of Starliner, there could be Russians abord the Spacestation, I suppose they have to treat them as friends.

They have an eastern front and a western front on board the ISS.

To make everyone feel at home.