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Samantha Mathewson

Earth-based telescope sees Boeing's Starliner approach the ISS in broad daylight (photo)

An H-shaped space station glows in reddish orange against a black background as a fuzzy orange dot approaches it.

Telescopes scanning the skies during the day watched as Boeing's first crewed Starliner spacecraft approached the International Space Station. 

Boeing's CST-100 Starliner arrived at the space station on June 6, marking the first astronaut mission with the spacecraft. The spacecraft docked with the forward port on the station's Harmony module after a touch-and-go approach during which Starliner encountered several thruster issues.

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