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  • Starliner's not-so-grand finale is a thump in the desert next week

    08/31/2024 6:08:44 AM PDT · by Salman · 36 replies
    The Register ^ | Fri 30 Aug 2024 | Richard Speed
    Boeing's troubled Starliner spacecraft is set to return to Earth just over a week from now with managers setting a date of no earlier than September 6 for undocking from the International Space Station (ISS) and September 7 to land at White Sands in New Mexico. For the Starliner's crew, however, the stay in space will be far from over as the duo will join the Crew-9 mission and return to Earth around February 2025, once the Crew-9 capsule arrives at the ISS. After Starliner departs and until Crew-9 arrives, the only emergency escape system available to the Starliner crew,...