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Elizabeth Howell

Boeing's Starliner tests thrusters at ISS as NASA reviews options for astronauts' return to Earth

A cone-shaped spacecraft visible above the curve of earth, with clouds .

The first Boeing Starliner to fly astronauts to space performed a crucial in-space test Saturday (July 27) as the next mission faces a months-long delay.

Engineers tested Starliner's reaction control system (RCS) thrusters to prepare for a wider agency review that will evaluate the spacecraft's readiness for landing NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams sometime in August, if all goes to plan.

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