What a picturesque debut of the Starliner capsule! At 6:36am, United Launch Alliance launched the Orbital Flight Test mission atop an Atlas V rocket, creating a stunning pre-sunrise display across the Space Coast. Starliner is on its way to the International Space Station. pic.twitter.com/d4BsR43D2Z

Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule flew into the wrong orbit soon after lifting off from Cape Canaveral on an unpiloted test flight Friday, burning too much fuel & precluding the new spaceship from docking with the International Space Station. FULL STORY: https://t.co/ZuOOIBZYyI pic.twitter.com/WjLhbHZ3OO

Boeing's Starliner capsule won't dock with the international space station as planned, after the test flight ran into problems shortly after launch https://t.co/OPjzTRmOnM

VIDEO: Watch my remote camera footage from Space Launch Complex 41 as United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V N22 rocket launches Boeing’s Starliner capsule at 6:36am this morning. pic.twitter.com/eYU5VUrKLO

Boeing's Starliner space capsule won't make it to the International Space Station after a timer malfunction made it burn too much fuel https://t.co/PP3qNZn3py pic.twitter.com/n1FPzgtuQq

Starliner was pointed at 90 degrees to prograde while they were trying to perform insertion. pic.twitter.com/jNrgwQdnB7

Because #Starliner believed it was in an orbital insertion burn (or that the burn was complete), the dead bands were reduced and the spacecraft burned more fuel than anticipated to maintain precise control. This precluded @Space_Station rendezvous.

NASA and Boeing officials speak to reporters following Boeing's spacecraft Starliner's failure to reach space station after flying into wrong orbit https://t.co/fqvjoMjMa1 pic.twitter.com/pJfv7nUCfi

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Boeing's new Starliner capsule ended up in the wrong orbit after lifting off on its first test flight Friday, a blow to the company's effort to launch astronauts for NASA next year.

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