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'Initiate our scrub and recycle operation': Boeing abandons Starliner launch

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'Initiate our scrub and recycle operation': Boeing abandons Starliner launch

'Initiate our scrub and recycle operation': Boeing abandons Starliner launch

Boeing called off its first astronaut launch, ferrying two NASA test pilots to the International Space Station, because of a valve problem on its Starliner capsule.

But if engineers find a solution quickly, another countdown could be expected in the next 24-hours.


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