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taken them, so they're 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. we're 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 we'll have a perfect docking, spend eight days on the international space station and then undock and come home. the ultimate test is how does the spacecraft handle the intense hea...

Taken them, so they're 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. we're 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 we'll have a perfect docking, spend eight days on the international space station and then undock and come home. the ultimate test is how does the spacecraft handle the intense heat and pres...

Experienced pilots. >> perfect. that's what we wanted to hear. the next landmark, jose, or the next milestone will occur at exactly 15 minutes into flight, that's 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. >> that's unbelievable. this is something we're just kind of talking about, just think of what this entails and just how much technology and also just, you know, jose, i'm thinking, much of this la...

Important one of the initial part of this mission. >> it is critical. we're coming up on the next one, in about ten seconds here. it is going to be separation. so you're going to see the crewliner spaceship separating from the booster and that's 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. >> that's incredible. that's incredible. >> perfect. >> what are you thinking as you hear these communications? >> i'm thinking, man, i wish i was up there. that's what i'm thinking. i'm being honest wit...

All the way to the 1960s. so, what's 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 back to earth and they hope to re-use it as many as ten times is the plan for starliner. >> tom costel...