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Boeing tests abort system on first Starliner spacecraft flight [i]A new Boeing spacecraft has taken flight for the first time in a demonstration of its ability to keep astronaut crews safe during an emergency on the launchpad. Boeing's CST-100 Starliner capsule flew a pad abort test on Monday (Nov. 4), lifting off from a test stand at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The uncrewed flight lasted only about a minute and a half long, but collected the data needed to verify that the Starliner's components can function together to fly away from a failing rocket booster prior to launching to space.[/i]
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