Blastoff! Boeing Starliner's first crew launches to the International Space Station

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launched the Boeing Starliner first crewed test flight to the International Space Station on June 5, 2024 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and pilot Suni Williams are aboard.

Credit: NASA

[shellybedore]

Looking good! Congrats to NASA and Boeing Starliner crew!

[briantaber]

After SpaceX its like watching Micky Mouse!😂😂😂

[Jeff-Real-Jeff]

Congrats Boeing Starliner crew and NASA.

[skyrtoprdr]

Thanks for reports, intime, always keep up to date, it's important. but about the traffic jams in space, you can tell us in more detail later, cosmonauts friends. There's already so much flying in orbits...

[paulmoore]

That was some speech, does Butch know we have been into Space before ?

[cathyizzo]

Wait a second did anyone else see a helium leak?!?

[AndrewGitonga-qfyy]

Homo Sapiens are wonderful creatures of planet Earth. For this lift off, a screw a bolt or wiring to software systems had to be designed to insane precision..hats off to Humanity..we had our doubts but..welcome to Mars..the real estate market here is Hot.

[briantaber]

Been following Space Launches for 60 years butthead!

[jorsik]

The door didn't fall off? Wow that's unexpected...

[stephenwood]

They have to get back safely yet, boeing are still capable of snatching defeat from the Jaws of victory

[jimwinchester]

That is the most aerodynamically BUTT UGLY rocket I've ever seen launched. You might as stick a Prius on top of it.

[HatRatt]

When they went into orbit, I went to work on my project.... I came back and everything is silent.... Ya, what is happening!

[RwingDsquad]

awesome! now it's going to take them a few more years to build another one as the majority of that rocket is not reusable. Followed by a few launch scrubs.

[JamesKiraly-oznc]

What was this the 3rd or 4th try to get it up? What they do, give it a yellow or blue pill?

[kevinsiu]

Flying in a spacecraft built by a company that has 5779 total deaths from just the 737 because their execs prioritize profits over consumer safety. What could possibly go wrong?

[nbuehster]

What will they do if they're out in space, and...


I think you know the rest.😁

[chrisward]

Finally the Pro’s are back in the game 👍

[CaptPike]

6 years late and billions of tax payers money spent.
Go SpaceX!!

[andrewnietsche]

I don't think I would have the balls to climb into anything made by being.