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REVEALED: Boeing begins fueling starliner capsule ahead of 1st astronaut launch - The Real Truth

Technicians surround a white space capsule in a large room, with an american flag on one wall.

Boeing has started fueling up its Starliner capsule ahead of the vehicle's first-ever astronaut launch.

That mission, called Crew Flight Test (CFT), is currently scheduled to launch in early May atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, on Florida's Atlantic coast. It will send NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore to the International Space Station (ISS) for a roughly 10-day stay.

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