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taken them, so theyre now four years behind spacex. i think now that they have gotten this flight off, i agree with derrick, this was a critical mission not just for nasa, but for boeing to demonstrate, to give them confidence to demonstrate they have the capability to do this. were far from complete. we have got to get off the centar, do some tests on the cst 100 over the next day and tomorrow hopefully well have a perfect docking, spend eight days on the international space station a...

Taken them, so theyre now four years behind spacex. i think now that they have gotten this flight off, i agree with derrick, this was a critical mission not just for nasa, but for boeing to demonstrate, to give them confidence to demonstrate they have the capability to do this. were far from complete. we have got to get off the centar, do some tests on the cst 100 over the next day and tomorrow hopefully well have a perfect docking, spend eight days on the international space station and then un...

Experienced pilots. >> perfect. thats what we wanted to hear. the next landmark, jose, or the next milestone will occur at exactly 15 minutes into flight, thats when starliner, the spaceship separates completely from the booster rocket you see right there. but this is going exactly as they had hoped, exactly as planned and they will rendezvous with the space station in about 24 1/2 hours from now. >> thats unbelievable. this is something were just kind of talking about, just think of what this e...

Important one of the initial part of this mission. >> it is critical. were coming up on the next one, in about ten seconds here. it is going to be separation. so youre going to see the crewliner spaceship separating from the booster and thats a critical step. starliner is now on its way and will be firing its own rocket to get its own engine i should say to get it all the way -- separation. >> thats incredible. thats incredible. >> perfect. >> what are you thinking as you hear these communicatio...

All the way to the 1960s. so, whats new is that spaceship on the top, as it is on its way to the space station. >> and, tom, real quickly, what happens to the rest of that rocket as it separates and you see all the things that happen before. all the different parts, what happens to them? >> unlike spacex, which has demonstrated it can re-use its boosters, this is not the case with atlas 5. they fall down into the atlantic ocean and what is re-useable is the spaceship itself. if it parachutes bac...

Station. theyre five years behind schedule. make no mistake about it, spacex has eaten boeings lunch. boeing is well behind schedule, well behind spacex, but they have a contract for six more flights to the space station. and why is this flight important? it is a test flight. there are only two astronauts on board, instead of a normal contingent of three to four to five, whatever they decide to do in the future. theyre going to try to demonstrate that they can manually fly this spaceship, that w...

The point, 15 seconds away from meco, that main engine cutoff point that signifies theyre safely in orbit, but it appears that they are approaching that very, very well. and here we go, well listen closely to mission control. >> nominal meco starliner. >> nominal is the term that it went well. >> main engine cutoff. we got good energy, meaning good velocity for continuing to orbit and good plane meaning starliners trajectory is aligned with the international space station for rendezvous tomorrow...

Continue their mission, their journey into space at this very moment. general charles boldon and derrick pitts, thank you, gentlemen, for being our eyes and ears and helping us understand what were witnessing right now. history being made for nasa, for boeing, and for the entire space community. well continue to watch these images. jose diaz-balart will pick up our breaking news coverage right now. jose, cant help but be in awe. >> yeah, unbelievable. good morning. it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00...

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have arrived at the launchpad for the first crewed flight of the Starliner spacecraft.

Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner will have to wait at least another day for its first human spaceflight as teams scrubbed a Monday night launch attempt. With just over two hours on the countdown clock before a planned 10:34 p.m. Eastern time liftoff, an issue with an oxygen relief valve led to the call while NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were strapped into the spacecraft atop a ...