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.
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.
NASA’s two test pilots will stay behind at the space station—their home until next year—as the Starliner capsule prepares to undock and aims for a touchdown six hours later in the New Mexico desert.
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams should have flown Starliner back to Earth in June, a week after launching in it. But thruster failures and helium leaks marred their ride to the space station.
