The #Starliner spacecraft is back on Earth.
— NASA Commercial Crew (@Commercial_Crew) September 7, 2024
At 12:01am ET Sept. 7, @BoeingSpace’s uncrewed Starliner spacecraft landed in White Sands Space Harbor, New Mexico. pic.twitter.com/vTYvgPONVc
Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 10:52am on 07 Sep 2024,Saturday Science
Boeing's Starliner has made history as the first spacecraft to launch with crew and return to Earth without them. The spacecraft, part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, launched on June 5, 2024, with astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore. After docking with the ISS, technical issues, including helium leaks and thruster problems, led NASA to bring Starliner back uncrewed. The spacecraft landed at White Sands, New Mexico, on September 7, 2024. Williams and Wilmore will stay aboard the ISS and return on a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. The mission underscores the challenges in human spaceflight.
