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Because of other technical problems in starliner�*s development. so in the post—launch debrief, the man in charge of the mission at boeing said today's success came as a relief. you know, a lot of people say, i need to smile more and i'm smiling, believe me. laughter. but it's a little bit of controlled emotion because there's a lot of phases of this mission, and wejust completed the first one. you know, pre—launch and launch is just the first part of this. we now have to get to iss, we have to dock, we have to do docking ops, we have to undock, we have to do reentry and we have to land....

Of this mission, and wejust completed the first one. you know, pre—launch and launch is just the first part of this. we now have to get to iss, we have to dock, we have to do docking ops, we have to undock, we have to do reentry and we have to land. starliner is a brand new spacecraft that sits on top of the rocket, and this is its first test flight with a crew on board. it's been built to transport crew and cargo to and from the international space station. it'll take around a day to get there and the mission will lastjust over a week. and when it gets back to earth, it'll be with a bump in...

Got a good throttle up. i've got one. ..the spacecraft now safely in orbit. of course, you're seeing lots of happy faces - and cheers here in florida. it was third time lucky for the launch aborted twice in the past four weeks because of technical issues with the rocket, and this test flight has been delayed by almost a decade because of other technical problems in starliner�*s development. so, in the post—launch debrief, the man in charge of the mission at boeing said today's success came as a relief. you know, a lot of people say, i need to smile more and i'm smiling, believe me. laughte...