mentioned back in may but now we re go for launch. so what can we expect in about 22 minutes? hopefully, this spacecraft is going to launch from the cape canaveral cape canaveral cape, canaveral space force station up into orbit they re going to spend about eight days up at the international space station. and the reason this is so important, allison, is because of the fact that nasa wants redundancy. they are pretty have the spacex crew dragon capsule, which can take nasa astronauts to the iss. they want a backup alternative that s what boeing s starliner is. an allison same. you should ask charlie bolden about this because he was the nasa administrator when sonny williams was initially named to the starliner crew back in 25th 15. that s how long she has been waiting to fly today. oh, that s that s great context. okay. charles, so tell us how sunny williams and her fellow astronaut are preparing
somebody, when you watch the news, you see short clips of destruction, and they always focus in on that one clip that s really bad. but, there aren t any good clips in lahaina right now, everything is that path. it s not just what we see on the news right now. can you describe for our audience, the historical significance of front street and lahaina, to hawaii, and why it s important to rebuild? yeah, absolutely. behind a has such a, such an amazing history, all the way back through the kingdom through the capital of through elite, is being a big whaling port. a lot of ships came here for short leave, not for whaling, but they always knew they could get their crew back
..three minutes of weightlessness and views of our planet that only astronauts have ever experienced. you are so much you are so much more you are so much more connected to everything then you would expect to be. you felt like a part of the team, part of the ship, a part of the universe, a part of the earth. it was incredible. we welcome our crew back. as unity glided back down to the new mexico desert, there was jubilation and relief. iam i am still iam stillup i am still up there and it s just amazing that you can learn so smoothly on the runway coming back from space. smoothly on the runway coming back from space- from space. safely back on earth, john told from space. safely back on earth, john told me from space. safely back on earth, john told me his from space. safely back on earth, john told me his experience - from space. safely back on earth, john told me his experience was i john told me his experience was better than he ever imagined it would be. ., ., ., would be. loo
welcome our crew back. as unity glided back down to the desert, there was jubilation and relief. a giant leap for those on board and a major milestone for space tourism, at least for those who can afford it. tickets currently cost more than £350,000. sophie long, bbc news, spaceport america, new mexico. this is the first space tourism five from virgin galactic we had people on board who bought tickets. what did he think of this? i board who bought tickets. what did he think of this? he think of this? i watched it on tv. i he think of this? i watched it on n i thought he think of this? i watched it on tv. | thought it he think of this? i watched it on tv. i thought it was he think of this? i watched it on tv. i thought it was really - he think of this? i watched it on | tv. i thought it was really lovely. missions like this are really inspirational it shows you spaces accessible to anyone, typically astronauts, what the minimum age for the european space agency is about
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