KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — NASA has announced which astronauts will take part in the test flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft.
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Astronauts Suni Williams and Barry “Butch” Willmore are set to fly aboard that spacecraft in a test mission to the International Space Station.
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They will live and work aboard the ISS for about two weeks.
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Boeing is trying to prove that the Starliner can safely be used in operational missions.
The test flight should happen later this year.
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