Boeing, NASA teams give Starliner final go for OFT-2 mission
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Starliner to begin OFT-2 test flight with launch aboard Atlas V
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and liftoff. the rise of starline. the spectacular presunrise launch from cape canaveral appeared to go flawlessly. but this critical uncrewed test flight of the starliner capsule has a problem, it will not make it all the way to the international space station. the rocket performed fully with the first stage rocket burning out and falling away. the second stage rocket kicking in, but then the star liner capsule suffered an anomaly. the spacecraft s computers mistakenly believed it was in a further stage of the launch when it wasn t. so, the burn needed for a station rendezvous did not happen. the postlaunch briefing was far from somber. nasa administrator said a lot of things went right. we are now in orbit and in fact elevating our orbit. we re going to get a lot more data and information in the coming days.