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Boeing Starliner Returns Home With No Crew: NASA Expert Explains Why

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Boeing's crew transport space capsule, the Starliner, returned to Earth without its two-person crew right after midnight Eastern time on Sept.

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  1. NBC News

    Boeing's beleaguered Starliner spacecraft begins its return journey with no astronauts onboard (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft has undocked from the space station to start its return journey. It's the last phase of a high-stakes test flight that did not go to plan.

  2. Digital Journal

    Boeing's troubled Starliner spaceship to return to Earth sans crew (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    Boeing's problem-plagued Starliner is set to finally depart the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, returning to Earth without astronauts after

  3. New York Post

    Boeing’s beleaguered space capsule is heading back to Earth without two NASA astronauts (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    After months of turmoil over its safety, Boeing’s new astronaut capsule is set to depart the International Space Station on Friday without its crew.

  4. CNN

    Boeing Starliner capsule will return from space tonight — without astronauts on board (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    Boeing’s Starliner capsule is set to undock from the International Space Station Friday — concluding a nearly three-month stay in space. But it will fly home empty.

  5. Live Science

    Watch Live: Boeing Starliner is about to return to Earth without its crew (opens Live Science)

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    Live Science's feed description

    Boeing's Starliner spacecraft will return to Earth today after undocking from the International Space Station without its crew. A livestream of the mission begins at 5:45 p.m. ET.

  6. New York Post

    Boeing’s beleaguered Starliner capsule leaves space station, heads home without astronauts: ‘Good luck’ (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    After months of turmoil over its safety, Boeing’s new astronaut capsule departed the International Space Station on Friday without its crew and headed back to Earth.

  7. Astronomy Magazine

    Boeing’s Starliner will try to return to Earth today — here’s how to watch (opens Astronomy Magazine)

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    Astronomy Magazine's feed description

    The craft will return without its crew, who are staying on the International Space Station until February 2025.

  8. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Boeing’s Starliner capsule returns home (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    Boeing's first astronaut mission ended Friday night with an empty capsule landing and two test pilots still in space, left behind until next year because NASA judged their return too risky.

  9. The Conversation US

    The Boeing Starliner has returned to Earth without its crew – a former astronaut details what that means for NASA, Boeing and the astronauts still up in space (opens The Conversation US)

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    The Conversation US's feed description

    NASA’s decision to send Starliner’s crew home on a SpaceX capsule will have implications for Boeing, the agency itself and the astronauts still on the space station.

  10. Fox10 Phoenix

    Boeing's Starliner spacecraft returns to Earth without astronauts (opens Fox10 Phoenix)

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    Fox10 Phoenix's feed description

    The troubled Boeing Starliner spacecraft parachuted into the New Mexico desert overnight, without the astronauts it carried to the International Space Station in early June.

  11. ABC 30 Fresno

    Boeing's beleaguered Starliner capsule leaves space station and heads home without any astronauts (opens ABC 30 Fresno)

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    ABC 30 Fresno's feed description

    Boeing's beleaguered space capsule has left the International Space Station without its crew.

  12. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Boeing Starliner capsule is on its way home from space — without astronauts on board (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    KEYT Santa Barbara's feed description

    CNN By Jackie Wattles and Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Boeing’s Starliner capsule undocked from the International Space Station Friday evening

  13. Fox News

    Boeing's troubled Starliner spacecraft lands back on Earth without a crew (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Boeing's Starliner spacecraft touched down on Earth early Saturday morning without the two test pilots over concerns that their return was too risky.

  14. Deutsche Welle

    Boeing's beleaguered Starliner heads to Earth uncrewed – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    After a series of technical problems, the Boeing-built Starliner spacecraft left the International Space Station (ISS) and was returning to Earth without a crew.

  15. Forbes

  16. Digital Trends

    Boeing Starliner lands safely back on Earth without its crew (opens Digital Trends)

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    Digital Trends's feed description

    After an unexpected three months spent in orbit, the Boeing Starliner spacecraft has returned safely to Earth.

  17. Voice of America

    Boeing's beleaguered Starliner returns home without astronauts (opens Voice of America)

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    Voice of America's feed description

    Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will come back on a rival SpaceX Crew Dragon — though they'll have to wait until February 2025

  18. Engadget

    Boeing's Starliner is back without the astronauts it flew to the ISS (opens Engadget)

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    Engadget's feed description

    Boeing's Starliner capsule has undocked from the ISS at 6:04PM Eastern time on September 6 and has safely landed at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico at 12:01AM on September 7.

  19. Washington Examiner

    Boeing Starliner returns to Earth without astronauts: What we know about the mission (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    The Boeing Starliner spacecraft is set to return to Earth tonight without a crew, months after it docked with the space station.

  20. MyNorthwest

    Boeing Starliner capsule leaves space station, without astronauts (opens MyNorthwest)

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    MyNorthwest's feed description

    After months of turmoil over safety, the Boeing astronaut capsule, Starliner, left the International Space Station Friday without its crew.

  21. Kokomo Tribune

    Boeing (opens Kokomo Tribune)

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    Kokomo Tribune's feed description

    Boeing’s beleaguered space capsule has left the International Space Station without its crew. NASA’s two test pilots stayed behind at the space station as the Starliner capsule undocked Friday and

  22. Scientific American

  23. CNN

    Boeing Starliner capsule is back on Earth while crew will hitch a SpaceX ride home in 2025 (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    This week, see the Boeing Starliner spacecraft return to Earth without its astronauts, solve a shark murder mystery, watch a mushroom control a robot, and more.

  24. WMUR

    Video: Boeing Starliner capsule departs from ISS without crew (opens WMUR)

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    WMUR's feed description

    Boeing’s Starliner capsule undocked from the International Space Station Friday evening — concluding its nearly three-month stay in space. It's flying with an empty cabin

  25. KTVZ Bend

    Boeing Starliner capsule returns home from space — without astronauts on board (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    KTVZ Bend's feed description

    CNN By Jackie Wattles and Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Boeing’s Starliner capsule returned from the International Space Station Friday evening — concluding its nearly three-month stay in space. But it flew back to Earth with an empty cabin, leaving behind two test pilots who must now remain on the…

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