After months of hemming and hawing, the die has been cast and NASA has decided the fate of Boeing’s troubled Starliner spacecraft. NASA determined that the ship “does not meet the agency’s safety and performance requirements for human spaceflight.” (Ya think?) As such, Starliner will be “ejected” from the ISS docking port and attempt a “safe, controlled autonomous re-entry” in the next couple of weeks. This will make room for Crew Dragon to access the docking bay and retrieve Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams and finally bring them home. That mission is currently projected to launch on or about September 24, but they still won’t be able to return until early next year. Now the remaining question for Boeing is… can they stick the landing given the shape that their spacecraft is in? (NY Post)
Boeing’s troubled Starliner spacecraft will return to Earth uncrewed in the coming weeks…
