Boeing’s Uncrewed Orbital Flight Test Begins

Liftoff of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, Dec. 20, 2019.
Liftoff of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, Dec. 20, 2019. Image credit: NASA TV

Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft launched atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at 6:36 a.m. EST on Friday, Dec. 20, from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.