Boeing's Starliner spacecraft launches first ever crewed test flight

NASA hired Boeing along with SpaceX after the space shuttles retired to transport astronauts to and from the International Space Station.

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[ebonaparte]

Who’s here after NASA said the astronauts might be stuck up at the ISS until next year?

[stevenboddy]

I'm so thankful this went over well. If this went wrong, Boeing would have been cooked.

[rogerberry]

Dang that's impressive. Nothing falls off. Amazing

[nelsonlanglois]

I'm glad it ( Starliner ) worked for the sake of the Astronauts

[corinneanderson]

Congratulations to crew and people behind the scenes.

[zbubby]

Congrats to Starliner to finally achieving what SpaceX has been doing for years!!

[NAFO_MythicPlague]

I remember watching every launch when I was a boy in the 1980's even watched the horrific accident on Challenger 1986. I am grateful that those hero's never gave up over a setback. Although America did hold itself back many years after not launching space missions.

[kbadgett]

Great launch, but it looks kind-of antiquated because that huge rocket doesn't come back and land. It's great the USA has 2 human rated launch vehicles, SpaceX Dragon and now ULA/Boeing Starliner.

[hdtravel]

Finally this thing took off - about time !!

[terry]

Congrats to the Boeing team. Space flight is hard.

[gillelmore]

Finally it's a go! Safe travels!!!

[crphilipp]

Finally got it right! Can’t be to careful. Once you ignite the SRB’s you’re going!

[BigTee-nvrr]

It’s crazy how ahead of the curve space x is

[roshansaizoo]

Congratulations boeing for successfully making sure that the hatch dosen't blow up during the flight

[evasierra]

Congrats this a is awesome! God speed !

[bamageddrain]

where did first stage land? i can't figure out why nobody is talking about where the first stage landed and was recovered at for reuse! weird!

[lightsabre]

Considering Boeing quality, the astronauts sure took a leap of faith

[Rockhound]

I have such admiration for astronauts. Been so since I was knee high to a grass hopper in the late 60's. I used to have a space lunch box back then.

[MaheshWalatara]

Scariest moment in recent manned space flight history.

[amitchaudhary]

Go NASA go!!! Congratulations from India🎉🎉