Watch live as Boeing’s uncrewed Starliner spacecraft leaves low Earth orbit, reenters Earth’s atmosphere, and touches down at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico. Starliner is scheduled to begin its deorbit burn at 11:17 p.m. EDT on Friday, Sept. 6 (0317 UTC Sept. 7), with landing scheduled for 12:03 a.m. EDT (0403 UTC) on Saturday, Sept. 7.
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams launched aboard Starliner on June 5 for its first crewed flight, arriving at the International Space Station on June 6. As Starliner approached the orbiting laboratory, NASA and Boeing identified helium leaks and experienced issues with the spacecraft reaction control thrusters. For the safety of the astronauts, NASA announced on Aug. 24 that Starliner would return to Earth from the station without a crew. Wilmore and Williams will remain aboard the station and return home in February 2025 on the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft as part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission.
Following Starliner’s return to Earth, a post-landing news conference is scheduled for 1:30 a.m. EDT (0530 UTC).
Check out the full schedule for Starliner’s return: https://go.nasa.gov/3TayjWx
Learn more about Starliner and what’s going on aboard the ISS: https://nasa.gov/starliner-faq
Follow the latest Starliner mission updates: https://blogs.nasa.gov/boeing-crew-flight-test/
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