Boeing ready to launch Starliner, the spacecraft to carry astronauts to the International Space Station

It took ten years to be ready for this launch, but it seems that the time has finally come to inaugurate the capsule Starlinera nonew means of transport for the crews that they have to reach International Space Station. Starliner was commissioned by NASA from Boeing in 2014. On January 7, 2024, at 4.34 in the morning (Italian time) will finally take flight from the launch base Cape Canaveral, Florida. On the NASA website it will be possible to follow the live broadcast, starting from half past midnight (Italian time). They will be on board two astronautswhich after testing the seats, life support and navigation systems on board, as well as the capsule’s life transport system, will remain on the International Space Station for approximately 10 days, before returning to Earth. If everything goes well, Boeing would become the second private company certified for missions to and from the ISS, together with SpaceX A race that they started together in 2014, but which Elon Musk’s company clearly won, whose first manned launch dates back to 2020. Four year ago.