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		</div><p>Boeing said it will repeat a test flight of its astronaut capsule following last year’s botched demo, considered a perilous close call by Nasa.</p>
<p>Boeing spokesman Jerry Drelling said the company is looking to fly a second Starliner capsule, once again without a crew, possibly this autumn.</p>
<p>If that goes well, then astronauts will climb aboard on the following mission.</p>
<p>The Starliner’s debut last December was marred by software errors.</p>
<p>The capsule ended up in the wrong orbit and, as a result, could not reach the International Space Station as intended.</p>
<p>Investigators later determined the capsule could have been destroyed in flight, twice, as a result of the mistakes.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">We’ve decided to fly a second Orbital Flight Test because we are committed to the safety of those who design, build and ultimately will fly on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Starliner?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Starliner</a>. </p>
<p>Read the full statement here: <a href="https://t.co/8McPBzJgZO">https://t.co/8McPBzJgZO</a> <a href="https://t.co/JWc6oonPaF">pic.twitter.com/JWc6oonPaF</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Boeing Space (@BoeingSpace) <a href="https://twitter.com/BoeingSpace/status/1247279990242250753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><em>“Flying another uncrewed flight will allow us to complete all flight test objectives and evaluate the performance of the second Starliner vehicle at no cost to the taxpayer,”</em> the company said in a statement.</p>
<p>Boeing said earlier this year that it took a $410 million charge in its fourth-quarter earnings, to pay for a potential repeat.</p>
<p>Nasa hired Boeing, along with SpaceX, to transport astronauts to and from the space station, and ease the space agency’s costly reliance on Russian rockets for launching crews.</p>
<p>SpaceX is on track to launch two Nasa astronauts aboard its Dragon crew capsule next month.</p>
<p>It will be the first human launch from Cape Canaveral since Nasa’s space shuttle programme ended in 2011.</p>
<p>The company is aiming for mid-to-late May.</p>
<p>SpaceX’s first test flight of its crew Dragon a year ago, without a crew, was successful.</p>
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