Boeing Starliner Takes Humans to Space After Years of Delay (1)

Boeing Co. finally launched its space taxi into orbit with NASA astronauts on board, and is on target to dock with the International Space Station on Thursday.

The flight marked the first time Boeing’s problem-plagued Starliner capsule carried humans to space after years of delays and cost overruns, and also the first time a United Launch Alliance rocket flew a crewed mission.

Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner took off on the shoulders of ULA’s Atlas V at Florida’s Cape Canaveral at 10:52 a.m. local time, with a wave of cheers erupting from the lawn outside of the NASA press site as the ...