It's safe to say that the development of Boeing Starliner, the second crew vehicle designed to take NASA astronauts to the International Space Station, has been a mess. But the first crewed flight test of the CST-100 spacecraft is scheduled for May 6. Here's what you need to know about Boeing Starliner, as well as the messy history of the spacecraft that's seven years late.

Update: Boeing Starliner did not launch on May 6. We're looking at Friday, May 10, as the earliest next opportunity. Here's what happened:    • Boeing Starliner didn't launch yester...  

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⏱ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Introduction
00:23 - Overview of the Boeing-CFT mission
02:15 - How NASA's Commercial Crew program works
05:24 - Boeing's two test missions, OFT-1 and OFT-2
08:31 - Here we are, seven years later, for Boeing-CFT

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