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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Marcia Dunn

NASA bids to get Boeing’s astronaut capsule flying after pilots left stuck for a year

In this photo provided by NASA the Boeing Starliner spacecraft with astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard approaches the International Space Station on June 6, 2024. (NASA via AP, File) -

NASA will throw more money behind Boeing’s troubled astronaut capsule to get it fixed and flying again.

Boeing’s Starliner capsule had so many problems in 2024 that it left two test pilots stuck at the International Space Station for nearly a year.

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