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NASA Hails Starliner Launch Success despite Thruster Glitch


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Loren Grush on Twitter: While Starliner is in a good orbit, two thrusters failed during the flight. One thruster shut down early, and the flight control system turned it over to the second thruster. That one fired, but shut down early too.