As the plane flew over Jacksonville, Florida, the pilot notified passengers that the Atlas V rocket carrying Boeing's Starliner spacecraft was about to lift off. The pilot then dipped the plane's wing and the rocket was spotted streaking through the sky.
Cummings was on a Southwest flight to Atlanta Friday morning, as he traveled to visit his sister in Ohio, when the Atlas V rocket carrying Boeing's Starliner spacecraft lifted off from Florida.Boeing's Starliner encounters a problem: Spacecraft won't reach the space station on uncrewed test flightHe knew the launch was scheduled, so he picked a window seat near the back of the plane and hoped for good luck."It was a 50-50 shot," he told CNN.
Read MoreThe pilot then dipped the plane's wing and Cummings saw the rocket streaking through the sky."It looked like we were racing the rocket as it was going into space," he said.The Starliner spacecraft is designed to carry astronauts to the International Space Station.This was a practice flight, so the only passenger was a test dummy named Rosie the Rocketeer, in honor of Rosie the Riveter.
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