Boeing successfully launches astronaut
capsule from Cape Canaveral
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[December 20, 2019]
CAPE
CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - Boeing Co successfully launched its new
astronaut capsule on Friday on an unmanned debut journey to the
International Space Station, a milestone test for the U.S. aerospace
firm that is vying with SpaceX to revive NASA's human spaceflight
capabilities. |

The Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, atop an ULA Atlas V rocket,
lifts off on an uncrewed Orbital Flight Test to the International Space
Station from launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
in Cape Canaveral, Florida December 20, 2019. REUTERS/Thom Baur |