Boeing's astronaut capsule arrives at the space station after thruster trouble

Boeing’s space capsule has arrived at the International Space Station after encountering thruster trouble. Docking was delayed to fix five thrusters on the Starliner capsule that went down Thursday as the two NASA test pilots closed in on the space station. All but one thruster was restarted. Starliner will spend at least eight days at the space station before aiming for a touchdown in the western U.S. After the space shuttles retired, NASA hired Boeing and SpaceX to ferry astronauts to and from the space station. SpaceX’s taxi service began in 2020.



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