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Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, the space shuttle and Dragon. All have brought NASA astronauts into space from Florida, but now Boeing looks to join that list with its CST-100 Starliner quickly approaching its first flight with crew on board.

NASA and Boeing said Friday they aim to launch the first manned test flight mission of the CST-100 Starliner to the International Space Station in April.

NASA and Boeing said Friday they aim to launch the first manned test flight mission of the CST-100 Starliner to the International Space Station in April.

Boeings Starliner Crew Flight Test that will send two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station is set to occur later this spring.

Starliner is the commercial spacecraft Boeing will use to carry astronauts to space.

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As a young girl, Jessica Watkins dreamed of traveling to space and even wrote a poem, called "My Little Astronaut," describing that ambition in grade school.

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The launch is not slated until 2024, but teams are already prepping for a safe landing at Kennedy Space Center.

The 5,000 mph reentry was a rough one and one of the four astronauts who just spent a week orbiting the moon has a spinal injury. That was the scenario being practiced by NASA’s Landing and Recovery team for Artemis II, which plans to fly humans beyond low-Earth orbit in 2024.