The Starliner ship of Boeing’s first manned space mission has taken off successfully this Wednesday from Florida bound for the International Space Station (ISS). NASA astronauts are on board Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williamswho begin a mission that has been delayed almost a year due to a series of technical problems.
The private firm’s ship has finally taken flight at the scheduled time, 10:52 local time (16:52 peninsular time) from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. It’s about a Atlas V rocket from the United Launch Alliance (ULA) company.
This mission could mean the certification of the Starliner to be the second provider of cargo and crew transportation to the ISS. So far, the only one that does so is SpaceX’s Crew Dragon ship, since 2020.
The takeoff has occurred after Boeing has suffered different technical problems throughout this decade. So far, the ship had carried out two unmanned missions. The first did not reach the ISS, having to return to land. The secondinstead, yes it was successfulso the preparation of the incursion with astronauts began.
This has been the third time that the crew members Wilmore and Williams have entered the Starliner, since the two previous attempts – on May 6 and June 1 – They were aborted about to take off.
