Transportation
Boeing Capsule Set to Carry Its First Astronauts to Space
- Starliner craft’s first uncrewed mission failed in 2019
- Cost overruns on space taxi program are about $1.5 billion
Boeing Co. is poised to send astronauts to orbit using its long-delayed space capsule, a first-of-its-kind test for the embattled aerospace giant and its rocket making joint venture, United Launch Alliance LLC.
ULA’s Atlas V rocket, carrying Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space taxi with two NASA astronauts on board, is expected to launch Monday at 10:34 p.m. local time from Florida’s Cape Canaveral complex.