The Boeing's Starliner capsule returned from the ISS without astronauts after thruster issues detected.
NASA and Boeing welcomed Starliner back to Earth at 12:01 am ET on Saturday, Sept. 7.The Boeing Starliner capsule returned to Earth without any astronauts. It left the International Space Station on Friday and landed in New Mexico on Saturday.
Both astronauts are expected to return to Earth in February 2025 in a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule. This capsule is also likely to fly the company’s Crew-9 mission, which is set to launch on September 24. However, what follows is pretty much unclear.At the beginning, SpaceX flew a Crew Dragon test mission in 2019 without any astronauts aboard and passed all its tests. This allowed it to launch its debut astronaut test flight in 2020.
, “I think we’ll see where we’re at in another month or so, and have a little bit better idea of what the overall schedule will be.”Stich added that it’s probably too early to think about exactly what the next flight looks like. He revealed they want the next step to go look at all the data.
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