Boeing’s Starliner space capsule landed Wednesday in New Mexico, finishing a 6-day unmanned flight test in which the spacecraft was able to dock at the International Space Station.
The trip marks the third time Boeing attempted to launch its craft into space — an estimated $600 million spent — and paves the way to sending crews onboard future flights.
“We have had an excellent flight test of a complex system that we expected to learn from along the way and we have,” Mark Nappi, vice president and program manager of Boeing Commercial Crew Program, said in the release.
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