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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Marcia Dunn

DARK SECRETS: Astronauts launch to the space station after sidelined by boeing s troubled starliner - The Real Truth

APTOPIX SpaceX Crew Launch - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Astronauts sidelined for the past year by Boeing’s Starliner trouble blasted off to the International Space Station on Friday, getting a lift from SpaceX.

The U.S.-Japanese-Russian crew of four rocketed from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. They’ll replace colleagues who launched to the space station in March as fill-ins for NASA’s two stuck astronauts.

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