NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, left, speaks during a briefing at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida following launch of Boeing’s Orbital Flight Test, Dec. 20, 2019. Beside him are NASA astronaut Nicole Mann; Jim Bridenstine, NASA Administrator; and Tory Bruno, president and CEO, United Launch Alliance. Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft launched atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 6:36 a.m. EST. The uncrewed Orbital Flight Test is the Starliner’s first flight for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.