Boeing's first Starliner mission makes historic launch

Boeing's Starliner successfully launched its first crewed flight test on June 5.

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00:00 Five, four, three, two, one, ignition.

00:07 And liftoff of Starliner and Atlas V,

00:10 carrying two American heroes, drawing a line to the stars

00:14 for all of us.

00:27 Commander Butch Wilmer there, calling down to Mission Control

00:31 here in Houston that the spacecraft has begun rolling

00:33 into the right attitude for its ascent

00:34 and the guidance navigation and control officer here

00:36 in the room seeing good data on that.

00:54 Starliner passing through max Q or the point

00:58 of maximum dynamic pressure where the forces of air friction

01:01 are highest, which in sunny will shortly be passing through Mach

01:04 1 where the speed is sounding.

01:06 [ROCKET ENGINE]

01:09 (helicopter whirring)