Boeings Starliner docks with the International Space Station, despite thruster glitch

Boeing’s new Starliner capsule and NASA crew safely docked with the International Space Station, meeting a key test in proving the vessel’s flight-worthiness and sharpening Boeing’s competition with Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The rendezvous was achieved despite an earlier loss of several guidance-control jet thrusters, some of them due to a helium propulsion leak, which NASA and Boeing said should not compromise the mission. The CST-100 Starliner, with veteran astronauts Barry “Butch“ Wilmore and Sunita “Suni“ Williams aboard, arrived at the orbiting platform after a flight of nearly 27 hours following its launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. #ISS #Space #boeing Subscribe to The Telegraph with our special offer: just £1 for 3 months. Start your free trial now: