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After years of delay, Boeing to try again with Starliner space capsule

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Monday's planned launch comes as the aerospace giant is dealing with fallout from problems in its airline division.

By Christian Davenport

May 5, 2024 at 8:00 a.m. EDT

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft in 2022 as it was rolled out of NASA's Vertical Integration Facility at Cape Canaveral in Florida. (Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post)

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Before a door-size panel blew out of a Boeing 737 Max, leaving a gaping hole in the side of an Alaska Airlines aircraft shortly after takeoff; before whistleblowers came forward to say they were threatened for bringing up safety issues at the company; and before the Justice Department opened a criminal investigation into the blowout incident, Boeing was struggling with another set of issues, on another high-profile vehicle.

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