Down two thrusters, Boeing’s Starliner docks with space station

With two thrusters out and a balky thermal control system, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station on Friday evening, completing yet another important milestone in its uncrewed test flight after two failed attempts.

Just over 25 hours after lifting off from Cape Canaveral, the autonomous spacecraft, which did not have any astronauts on board, docked itself to the station at 8:28 p.m. Eastern time, overcoming glitches, as Boeing works to eventually fly NASA astronauts on the capsule. Cheers broke out in mission control in celebration of what NASA called a “historic” first docking with the station for the spacecraft.