Boeing's First Manned Flight: 'Starliner' Successfully Docks with ISS | WPN World People News

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft's first manned mission to space successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on the 6th, and two astronauts entered the ISS to further validate the Starliner's airworthiness test. According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), this is a great milestone in the history of aerospace.

According to foreign media reports, the ‘Starliner’ arrived at the International Space Station about 26 hours after liftoff, and before docking with the International Space Station, there was a helium leak, as well as several accidents of propeller failure, but fortunately, astronauts overcame the relevant problems, and the ‘Starliner’ eventually completed the docking successfully.

After the docking, astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were warmly welcomed by the seven astronauts already on board the station.

In addition to two astronauts, the first manned flight of the Starliner carried nearly 350 kilograms of supplies, including food and daily necessities. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will stay on the International Space Station for about a week and will return to Earth on the Starliner again after testing the other system functions of the Starliner.

The success of Boeing's Starliner mission will make Boeing the second aerospace company, after SpaceX, to commercially transport astronauts for NASA.