How to Watch: Starliner Crew Set for Splashdown After 9-Month ISS Stay
NASA targets Tuesday at 5:57 p.m. for the return of astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who flew to the ISS on Boeing Starliner’s inaugural crew flight test.
NASA targets Tuesday at 5:57 p.m. for the return of astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who flew to the ISS on Boeing Starliner’s inaugural crew flight test.
Spaceflight will be the ninth Commercial Crew astronaut rotation mission SpaceX has performed for NASA.
The FAA opens a mishap investigation into the company’s workhorse booster after it tipped over while attempting to land on a droneship.
NASA officials will enlist SpaceX’s Dragon to return the crew of Boeing’s Starliner, which suffered several issues on its way to the ISS.
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been on the International Space Station for more than two months despite an intended eight-day stay.
The regulator on Thursday said the vehicle is safe to return to action, including upcoming SpaceX Crew-9 and Polaris Dawn missions in August.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission is set to launch no earlier than August.