NASA finally gives Boeing Starliner capsule a return date. But it will fly home without its crew

After 12 weeks in space, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is finally set to return home from the International Space Station on September 6 — albeit without its two-person crew.

The troubled spacecraft will undock from the orbiting laboratory around 6 p.m. ET, and it will spend about six hours maneuvering closer to home before landing around midnight in New Mexico’s White Sands Space Harbor.

The astronauts who rode aboard Starliner to the space station on June 5, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, will remain on board the orbiting laboratory.

Read more: edition.cnn.com

Related articles:

  1. NASA says it is “evaluating all options” for the safe return of Starliner crew
  2. Boeing and NASA to Launch Starliner Despite Helium Leak
  3. Boeing Starliner Successfully Completes First Crewed Mission to ISS