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Boeing Starliner launch: 10 photos captured by skygazers

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying Boeing’s Starliner capsule lifted off Thursday evening from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, according to WFTV. The spacecraft, which has a dummy but no people on board, is on a test flight to the International Space Station, where it is expected to dock shortly after 7 p.m. EDT Friday, NASA said.

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The launch came more than two years after software errors thwarted the capsule’s first test flight in December 2019, The Associated Press reported. Corroded valves stopped a second launch attempt last summer, according to the news agency.

Skygazers took to social media to share photos of the launch with the hashtag #Starliner. Here are some of our favorites:

1. @mdcainjr, Instagram

2. @Kyle_M_Photo, Twitter

3. @GregScott_photo, Twitter

4. @earth.to.emerson, Instagram

5. @Zshauladventure, Twitter

6. @theresacross_, Twitter

7. @_mgde_, Twitter

8. @the_space_nut, Twitter

9. @NASAHQphoto, Twitter

10. @launchphoto, Instagram

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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