Boeing’s Starliner space taxi — and Rosie the Rocketeer — meet up with their rocket

Boeing's CST-100 Starliner space taxi was moved to its Florida launch complex and set atop its United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket today in preparation for next month's uncrewed test mission to the International Space Station. Why it matters: NASA is paying billions of dollars to Boeing for the development of Starliner as a commercial transport to carry astronauts to and from the station. The effort is years behind its original schedule, and it's cost more than originally planned, but Boeing's Dec. 17 test flight to and from the station is the last major hurdle before Starliner begins carrying people —… Read More