WHITE SANDS, N.M. (KRQE) – Boeing’s Starliner is scheduled to undock from the International Space Station at 4:04 p.m. MT on September 6. A live stream of Starliner’s homecoming will begin at 3:45 p.m. MT, with the capsule undocking at 4:04 p.m. You can watch the stream on NASA.gov or on NASA’s YouTube page.
Friday, NASA posted on X the path of the Starliner. According to NASA, the capsule is scheduled to land about six hours after it undocks which is about 10:03 p.m. MT.
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The capsule which launched in June, took pilots Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams to the International Space Station for its first human spaceflight. However, technical problems including helium leaks and issues with the spacecraft’s thrusters led to the decision to delay their return and fly the Starliner back to Earth without crew members.
The unmanned Starliner will complete a 60-second deorbit burn to ensure a safe trajectory into Earth’s atmosphere for landing.
White Sands Space Harbor at White Sands Missile Range became a practice facility for landing shuttles starting in 1976.
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