NASAs Kennedy Space Center | Welcome Back! NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test Mission Return to Earth @NASAKennedy | Uploaded September 2024 | Updated October 2024, 6 hours ago.
Welcome back to Earth, Starliner!
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft touched down safely in White Sands Space Harbor, New Mexico, at 12:01am ET Sept. 7, concluding the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test mission. The mission is part of the agency's Commercial Crew Program.
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams launched aboard Starliner on June 5 for its first crewed flight, arriving at the @iss 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 will return to Earth from the station without a crew. Wilmore and Williams will remain aboard the station and return home in February 2025 aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft with two other crew members assigned to NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission.
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Welcome back to Earth, Starliner!
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft touched down safely in White Sands Space Harbor, New Mexico, at 12:01am ET Sept. 7, concluding the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test mission. The mission is part of the agency's Commercial Crew Program.
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams launched aboard Starliner on June 5 for its first crewed flight, arriving at the @iss 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 will return to Earth from the station without a crew. Wilmore and Williams will remain aboard the station and return home in February 2025 aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft with two other crew members assigned to NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission.
Credit: NASA
#NASA #Starliner #Space
