Starliner: Two NASA astronauts to launch new shuttle to space station

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Two NASA astronauts will be heading to the International Space Station in a new spacecraft.

Boeing's Starliner jet will take off from Cape Canaveral in Florida on its first crewed test flight.

The mission has been postponed for several years due to obstacles in the development of the ship.

If successful, it would become the second private firm capable of providing crew transport to and from the ISS, along with Elon Musk's SpaceX.

The scheduled lift-off is set for 22:34 local time on Monday (03:34 BST Tuesday).

But the launch is also a moment of risk for Boeing. Its airline business is under pressure due to a series of accidents. And the firm's space sector is also under scrutiny after difficulties developing the Starliner itself.

"It's a really big day for Boeing," commented Dr Simeon Barber, a space scientist at the Open University.

"The company has been working on the spacecraft for so long, they've had some problems with the test flights and there's a lot of work to be done."/ CNA

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