Boeing’s troubled Starliner spacecraft will fly again early next year. This time it won’t be carrying astronauts.

Starliner ran into a string of technical problems during its June 2024 debut flight carrying NASA astronauts, prompting the agency to leave the crew members on the International Space Station for months before a SpaceX Crew Dragon vehicle brought them back to Earth. 

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