After a row failures, it eventually reached the goal. On Saturday, astronauts on the International Space Station ISS were able to open their doors and welcome “Starliner”. It does not matter that Starliner was only manned by a doll. The trip is still seen as a great success for the aircraft manufacturer: The American aircraft giant Boeing, founded in 1916 – a full 86 years before the competitor SpaceX.
“The last 48 hours have been dizzying, so I will sleep well tonight,” said the head of Boeing’s space program. Mark Nappi, which followed every second of the docking from Boeing’s control room, says the radio channel NPR.
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