The first manned launch of the Starliner spacecraft took place.
The first manned launch of a new reusable spacecraft, “Starliner,” took place in the United States.
It is reported that the first launch of the carrier rocket “Atlas-5” took place on June 5 from the spaceport at Cape Canaveral.
Live broadcast was conducted and available on NASA’s YouTube channel.
At the moment it is known that the ship is to deliver astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunny Williams to the International Space Station.
They are expected to spend about 25 hours in transit, and once they arrive at the ISS, they will be there for about a week.
During that time, they will test the spacecraft and then return to Earth for a landing in the United States.
Earlier, it was reported that the company SpaceX again launched the Starship Super Heavy spacecraft.
The launch was made from the spaceport in Texas; this is the third test flight of the Starship Super Heavy spacecraft.