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Coming Back Empty: NASA Schedules Boeing Starliner for Earth Return on September 6

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NASA and Boeing are set for the Starliner spacecraft's undocking from the International Space Station, scheduled for early September. The uncrewed mission will feature a six-hour journey back to Earth, culminating in a parachute-assisted landing at White Sands Space Harbor. Upon landing, recovery

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  1. Insider

    NASA has finally given the go-ahead for the beleaguered Boeing Starliner to return to earth — without its crew (opens Insider)

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    After months in space, the Starliner will return to New Mexico on September 7 without its crew, who will come back via a SpaceX aircraft in February.

  2. SciTech Daily

    Coming Back Empty: NASA Schedules Boeing Starliner for Earth Return on September 6 (opens SciTech Daily)

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    NASA and Boeing are set for the Starliner spacecraft's undocking from the International Space Station, scheduled for early September. The uncrewed mission will feature a six-hour journey back to Earth, culminating in a parachute-assisted landing at White Sands Space Harbor. Upon landing, recovery

  3. Wyoming Public Media

    An empty Boeing Starliner is set to return next week, while its crew stays in space (opens Wyoming Public Media)

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    An empty Boeing Starliner is scheduled to return from the International Space Station in early September. It will fly home autonomously while its crew remains in space until February.

  4. NBC News

    Boeing's uncrewed Starliner capsule could return to Earth by late next week, NASA says (opens NBC News)

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    NASA will proceed with the undocking of the uncrewed Boeing Starliner capsule not before Sept. 6, the space agency said.

  5. FOX 35 Orlando

    Boeing's troubled Starliner capsule will return to Earth as early as next week, without crew: NASA (opens FOX 35 Orlando)

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    NASA and Boeing said an uncrewed Starliner capsule will undock from the International Space Station and return to Earth no earlier than Friday, Sept. 6, “pending weather and operational readiness."

  6. WHDH Boston

    NASA finally gives Boeing Starliner capsule a return date. But it will fly home without its crew - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    (CNN) — 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

  7. KVIA El Paso

    NASA finally gives Boeing Starliner capsule a return date. But it will fly home without its crew (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — 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.

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