In 2019, Starliner failed to rendezvous with the space station during its first uncrewed test flight after being plagued by software issues.
But the spacecraft was able to successfully return to Earth two days after launch, landing at the White Sands Space Harbour in New Mexico.
Over the past 18 months, Boeing and Nasa teams worked together to resolve the issues, which involved taking 80 corrective actions.
Following Starliner’s flight readiness test last week, Kathy Lueders, Nasa’s director of spaceflight, said: “After reviewing the team’s data, and the readiness of all the parties, everybody said ‘go’ for the launch.”
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