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The last time Boeing debuted an all-new jetliner was with the 787 Dreamliner nearly two decades ago. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
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(Bloomberg) -- Boeing Co. will put its battered engineering reputation on the line again this week when its Starliner spacecraft blasts off from Florida with a load of supplies for the International Space Station.
The mission is a do-over of a 2019 trip that almost ended in calamity, and a dress rehearsal for the Boeing capsule's first flight with astronauts later this year. If successful, it would narrow the gap with an ascendant rival, SpaceX, and answer the latest space-faring feats by the billionaire founders of Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic.Â