Space travel: Crisis-plagued Starliner is to fly into space again
Two US astronauts were supposed to stay on board the ISS for around one week in 2024 - due to a malfunction of the "Starliner" spacecraft, it ended up being nine months. But NASA is sticking to the "Starliner".
The US space agency Nasa plans to send astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) with the troubled "Starliner" spacecraft in 2028. An unmanned test mission is scheduled for later this year or early 2027. Nasa has been working with Boeing, the developer of the spacecraft, to address issues identified in previous flights.
The "Starliner" project has faced multiple setbacks and delays, including a recent incident in which two astronauts had to return to Earth nine months after their intended stay due to technical problems.
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