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Boeing's rescue by rival SpaceX 'embarrassing' and ill-timed

NASA Associate Administrator James Free, Associate Administrator Ken Bowersox, Commercial Crew Manager Steve Stich and International Space Station Program Manager Dana Weigel speak during a news conference to discuss plans to return two astronauts who remain stranded at the International Space Station, at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, on August 24, 2024. [AFP]

SpaceX is coming to Boeing's rescue.

The legacy company needing aid from an upstart rival is hardly welcome news to the aerospace giant.

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