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Boeing Starliner launches crucial test flight, but encounters a problem after liftoff
NASA said plans for the capsule to rendezvous with the space station Saturday had been canceled and that the Starliner would attempt to land in the New Mexico desert on Sunday. The mission had been scheduled to last eight days. There were no crew members aboard the flight, the first for the Boeing spacecraft in …
European Vega rocket lost minutes after liftoff
Image copyright ESA – J Huart Image caption An artist’s impression of a Vega rocket carrying a satellite into space A European Vega rocket has been lost shortly after blast off, the commercial space company Arianespace says. It is the first time in 15 launches that a Vega rocket has failed. The rocket had been …
