We finally have lift off! Watch Boeing launch its first astronaut mission for NASA after years-long delays due to leaks and repairs - but the Starliner spacecraft has sprung two helium leaks since ent

After years of delays, Boeing has finally launched its first NASA mission carrying two astronauts to the International Space Station. After years of delays, Boeing's Starliner has finally launched on its first NASA mission carrying two astronauts to the ISS Shortly before the astronauts were scheduled to sleep mission control informed them that there another helium leak had been detected on the shuttle Starliner was launched aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas-V rocket, marking the first time that ULA has launched a crewed mission. At 10:52 ET the Boeing CST-100 Starliner took off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida Boeing launched its very first astronauts bound for the International Space Station aboard a Starliner capsule, which joins a select club of spacecraft to carry humans beyond Earth Boeing's Starliner spacecraft is pictured approaching the ISS in May 2022, during 'Orbital Flight Test 2' Boeing's Starliner: Key specs Manufacturer: Boeing Applications: ISS crew and cargo Launch mass: 13,000 kg Crew capacity: Up to 7 Diameter: 15 feet Design life: 210 days docked After docking with the ISS and delivering 139 kg of supplies for NASA, the pair will spend a little more than a week aboard the station. This is the first time that a ULA rocket has carried a crew to space Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will be transported to International Space Station and spend about a week there before heading home 'Boeing Crew Flight Test' - a long-awaited milestone - is the first launch of Starliner that contains astronauts However, mission control responded that they were 'still getting the story together.' Aboard the shuttle were veteran NASA astronauts Suni Williams and commander Butch Wilmore This is the third time in a month that the two astronauts have attempted to launch aboard the Starliner, with two earlier attempts called off shortly before takeoff Boeing's Starliner launches December 2019 First uncrewed flight.