the mission will last around a week and on returning to earth, the crew will experience starliner s landing system, which will touch down in the deserts in the south western united states. the boeing spacecraft can only take off at fixed times to rendezvous with the space station. the next launch opportunities are sunday, wednesday and thursday. the next launch opportunities are wednesday and thursday. if the problem hasn t been sorted by then, the test flight will face yet another long delay. pallab ghosh, bbc news. china says it s landed an unmanned spacecraft on the far side of the moon. the mission, which launched on the 3rd of may, aims to be the first to bring lunar rock samples from the region which is unexplored. scientists believe the samples could provide new information about how the moon was formed.
and cargo to the international space station. starliner is a brand new spacecraft that looks like the apollo module used in the moon landings more than 50 years ago. it carried three astronauts, whereas starliner has a maximum capacity of seven. the spacecraft will take a day to reach the space station, when it will test out its docking and transportation systems. the mission will last around a week, and on returning to earth, the crew will experience starliner s landing system, which will touch down in the deserts in the south western united states. the boeing spacecraft can only take off at fixed times to rendezvous with the space station. the next launch opportunities are sunday, wednesday and thursday. if the problem hasn t been sorted by then, the test flight will face yet another long delay. pallab ghosh, bbc news. meanwhile, chinese state media is reporting china s chang e 6 space probe successfully landed on the far side of