In a matter of days, NASA astronauts Suni Wiliams and Butch Wilmore will launch on board the first-ever crewed Boeing Starliner to travel to the International Space Station. The pair have been in quarantine at the Kennedy Space Center since April 22 for the daring journey.

Boeing's much-maligned Starliner has faced years of setbacks and major technical issues.

Fortunately, the brave astronauts say the trip should be smoother than previous journeys into space. The spacecraft allows the two astronauts to avoid "black zones," as Fox Weather reports, which are areas where a crew would not survive in case of failure.