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Astronauts are training to take Boeing's new Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station. The manned mission has been delayed until the end of the year or early 2020 because of technical issues. Boeing and SpaceX are both looking to become the first company to bring manned space flights back to the US. NASA has used Russian rockets and spacecraft to take its astronauts to space since the space shuttle project ceased eight years ago but the US space agency is paying Boeing and SpaceX a combined $7bn to develop US-based transportation solutions.