Boeing Starliner carries 2 astronauts to space in 'final test' for NASA

Starliner Finally Launches, Carrying Two Astronauts Into Orbit

After many delays and two scrubbed launch attempts, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner successfully launched earlier today! The Crewed Flight Test (CFT) took off from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, at 10:52 a.m. EDT (07:52 PDT) atop a ULA Atlas V rocket. For this mission, the capsule is carrying two NASA astronauts: Barry “Butch” Wilmore (commander) and Sunita “Suni” Williams (pilot). They are expected to reach t…

Liftoff, finally: Boeing Starliner launches first crew to space station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Boeing on Wednesday launched its very first astronauts bound for the International Space Station aboard a Starliner capsule, which joins a select club of spacecraft to carry humans beyond Earth.The third time turned out to be the charm for the aerospace giant, after two previous bids to fly were aborted with the crew strapped in and ready to go.Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, both of whom have two previous spac…

Watch again as Boeing launches humans into space for first time

Watch again as Boeing launched its first-ever crew of humans into space using its long-delayed and over-budget Starliner spacecraft that has been in development under a multibillion-dollar Nasa contract.

Colorado rocket company launches Boeing Starliner on its first astronaut flight to space

Coming after years of delays in the Boeing capsule's development, the Wednesday launch made history.

Boeing's Starliner finally launches historic crewed mission on third attempt

On Wednesday, Boeing and its mission partners finally sent two astronauts to the International Space Station on a Crew Test Flight.