New Delhi, September 7: Boeing's Starliner spacecraft on Saturday landed back safely on Earth without astronauts, after a three-month trip to the International Space Station (ISS). "Touchdown #Starliner," Boeing posted on social media platform X.

슬롯사이트œTouchdown, #Starliner! The uncrewed spacecraft landed at New Mexico's White Sands Space Harbor at 12:01 am ET (9.31 am IST) on Saturday, September 7,슬롯사이트� added NASA. Starliner landed uncrewed following NASA슬롯사이트™s decision, taken on August 24, to not return Indian-origin Sunita Williams and Butch Willmore on the faulty spacecraft over 슬롯사이트œlack of safety and performance requirements for human spaceflight슬롯사이트�.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Boeing슬롯사이트™s Beleaguered Starliner Capsule Leaves International Space Station, Heads Back to Earth Without Any Astronauts (Watch Video).

The uncrewed return 슬롯사이트œallows NASA and Boeing to continue gathering Starliner performance data..while also not accepting more risk than necessary for its crew슬롯사이트�, the US space agency said. Williams and Willmore are now expected to return to Earth in February 2025 with the agency슬롯사이트™s SpaceX Crew-9 mission.

The Starliner flew to the ISS with Williams and Willmore on a week-long mission. But as the spacecraft approached the orbiting lab, it experienced a series of technical issues such as the failure of several thrusters and helium leaks in the propulsion system.

While Boeing proclaimed the safety of Starliner, NASA officials have disagreed. During the crucial review meeting held last week, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson noted that the agency슬롯사이트™s 슬롯사이트œdecision to keep Butch and Suni aboard the International Space Station and bring Boeing슬롯사이트™s Starliner home uncrewed is the result of our commitment to safety슬롯사이트�.

Meanwhile, NASA announced that both Williams and Willmore 슬롯사이트œare safe aboard the space station슬롯사이트� Along with the Expedition 71 crew the duo are supporting station research, maintenance, and Starliner system testing and data analysis. They recently completed research on fiber optic cables슬롯사이트¯and슬롯사이트¯growing plants슬롯사이트¯aboard the ISS, NASA said.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Elon Musk Says Starlink Makes Up Nearly 66% of All Active Earth Satellites As SpaceX Launches Its 7,000th Satellite.

Expedition 71 crew consists of NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Mike Barratt, Jeanette Epps, and Tracy C. Dyson, as well as Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko, Nikolai Chub, and Alexander Grebenkin.

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