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1440 Daily Digest

Starliner in Space


Boeing’s Starliner astronauts are set to dock at the International Space Station today at 12:15 pm ET, after yesterday marked the company’s first successful launch to outer space.


Aboard the Starliner capsule are two veteran NASA astronauts: Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. For the next eight days, Wilmore and Williams will join seven others at the ISS and deliver a replacement pump to fix the station’s urine processor. That processor is a critical part of NASA’s water recovery system, enabling the station to recycle 98% of its water (more, w/video). 


With yesterday's mission, Starliner is now the sixth unique spacecraft to transport crew in US history, following a series of mechanical and software issues costing $1.4B. The launch comes as NASA has outsourced transportation to the ISS to SpaceX and Boeing. SpaceX’s Crew Dragon—four years ahead of Boeing—has launched 13 crewed flights to space to date. See previous write-up.

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