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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...

Aborted launch last saturday. joining us, tom costello and jose hernandez, former astronaut for nasa, both dear friends i admire. tom, take us through what is happening right now. >> let me just tell you, were watching very closely the upper corner of your screen there, that gives you the elapsed time so far in the mission and the next critical milestone that were going to be watching very closely is 12 minutes into flight and youre going to hear capcom call out meco, main engine cutoff. once we...

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...

A mix of purified kerosene and liquid oxygen. and then they go into the upper stage, which is going to be a critical part. youre going to hear separation, moving to the upper stage of the rocket where they burn liquid hydrogen and oxygen. again, accelerating, hitting that as fast as they can, they need to rendezvous with the international space station. this is all calculated, down to the millisecond. we watch 11 minutes and 09 seconds of elapsed time, waiting to hit the 12-minute mark because w...

I thought to myself, "theres something wrong here. cannot possibly feel like this." ♪ -solid rocket booster separation confirmed. guidance now converging. columbias onboard computers commanding the main engine nozzles to gently swivel, aiming the shuttle for a precise target in space for main engine cutoff. -i was, like, more nervous. you know, you see the plumes of smoke and the fire, and you kind of know whats going on, but youre just kind of like in the back of your head, "is i supposed to ...

I mean, its very emotional. Columbias three main engines draining a half a ton of Fuel Per second, heading towards space on the first Shuttle Mission of the year. You know how on tv it looks like youre going up really smoothly . No, not at all. Its kind of a wild ride. And theres a lot of vibration. And on my first flight, it was so much, i thought to myself, theres something wrong here. Cannot possibly feel like this. Solid Rocket Booster Separation confirmed. Guidance now converging. Columbias...

NASA has simulated the environmental effects of landing on the lunar surface as the space agency prepares to send astronauts back to the moon on its upcoming Artemis missions.