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NASA pays Boeing $359m to get Starliner flying, eyes crew return by 2028
NASA will pay Boeing $359m to get Starliner flying again, and buy two more flights. Astronauts could return to the spacecraft by 2028, NASA says.
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NASA will pay Boeing $359m to help get its Starliner spacecraft flying again. It will also buy two more Starliner flights to the International Space Station. NASA and Boeing announced the plan at a news conference on Monday, and NASA set it out in a statement. It wants astronauts back on Starliner by 2028.
“I do not think it’s a secret that SpaceX intends to sunset older platforms like Falcon and Dragon as they concentrate on their next-generation capability, Starship,”…
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