A Closer Look At Boeing's First Crewed Flight Test

Earlier this morning after over a decade of development and testing, we finally watched Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft lift off with humans aboard. This came after a few scrubbed attempts primarily related to the Atlas V launch vehicle both on the 1st of this month and early last month. Fourntately, today there were no issues, and as the clock hit zero the engines ignited and the rocket soon cleared the pad.

By now, Starliner is making its way to the International Space Station with around 20 hours left in its journey. With this mission being considered a test, the rest of the journey to the ISS to the docking and finally the return to Earth will primarily focus on the crew. Here I will go more in-depth into the launch, the remaining mission plan, next steps, and more.

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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:39 - Initial Launch
4:07 - The Remaining Mission

[andrewreynolds]

congratulations to all the folks who got this mission off the ground. now, the hard part really starts:
rendezvous with the ISS, operations there, and most important of all, getting the crew safely back home.

[wyattnoise]

I talked to my apartment complex manager and they said starliner can land in our parking lot if need be

[ARWest-bpyb]

That figures, the first time I couldn't catch the live stream it actually launched!🤣 Hope everything goes smoothly.👍👍

[petersatarigames]

The next version will have two spherical shaped boosters attached near the bottom....
I am glad this was finally launched and people will no longer be blaming Boeing for wasting taxpayers money because of issues with the rocket made by ULA or issues with NASA ground computers. The Starliner capsule only had one minor issue that was easily corrected.

[trucksanddirt]

Congratulations Boeing/ULA/NASA.
More choices are excellent for space exploration.

[andrewtaylor]

“At this point the images switched to a Simulation we made in Kerbal Space Program”

[smacksman]

Thank you very much for a concise coverage of the successful event. I hope it all goes well. I look forward to more precise coverage from you as I have subscribed to your channel.

[confuseatronica]

remember this capsule has been in Kerbal Space Program since early on. Shows how long its been in development.
That's KSP 1, not 2

[otpyrcralphpierre]

Starliner will be transferring Astronauts at about the same time StarShip Launches. Wow!

[davidskinner]

Well done guys, just totally amazing !!!!

[jparsons]

Congrats Boeing! Looking forward to more successful missions.

[ggbrent]

What a great informative video! Can’t wait to watch gain on the AVP! You had some great shots from NASA! Thanks!

[jrn-mariustyrsett]

Whats up with the 90's style animations?

[Shockwave]

It was almost strange not to see the first stage make a 180° turn and land near the launch pad. NASA lanches are so old school. Almost no caméra, old computer generated animations... Come on NASA, it's 2024.

[johnnyhollis]

All that hardware used once. Reminds me of the good old Saturn 5. Using a Falcon 9 would have been more impressive with less finger nail biting too!

[joesolis]

Wow, I haven’t seen ‘Simulation” since the Apollo days. Step it up ULA. That said, Congratulations on a successful Launch!

[zecorezecron]

So, what are the odds on the door staying attached?

[pierrelabrecque]

I'm glad this test is going successfully. Be nice if Boeing's passenger airlines were regarded with the same vigilance.

[txju]

It looks like a Lego spaceship, after coming apart one by one it turns out it's just a tiny spaceship

[joelmulder]

The second stage burn doesn’t look like it’s pointed prograde, it looks like it’s burning slightly radial out.
I wonder if this is just the animation, or if this thing has a launch profile not unlike many of my Kerbal launches where I mess up the gravity turn.