space dock

Later in the film, a different character jumps from a space dock in epic slow-motion to land on a flying craft.

The successful touchdown brings an end to a crucial test flight for Starliner, one that showcased the vehicle’s ability to launch to space, dock with the station, and then return home safely.

Starliner, sitting on top of the rocket, will do what Boeing’s rival SpaceX did with its Crew Dragon capsule in early 2019 — go to space, dock to the ISS, remain there for 10 days, then return back to Earth.

It’ll carry out the motions of a routine mission: launch to space, dock to the ISS for ten days, then come home — blazing through Earth’s atmosphere at first, then floating under parachutes the rest of the way down to a desert in New Mexico.

The flight was meant demonstrate the vehicle’s ability to get to space, dock with the International Space Station, and then return to Earth — all the major things it will have to do when astronauts are inside.