Boeing tests space taxi; one of three parachutes does not open

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During a crucial unmanned test of the CST-100 Starliner.

Boeing tests space taxi; one of three parachutes does not open
Boeing Co said on Monday that one of three parachutes failed to open during a crucial unmanned test of the CST-100 Starliner, which the company is developing to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station. The deployment failure happened during a test of a system designed to ...

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