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Starliner will return to Earth uncrewed, astronauts staying on ISS until February (techcrunch.com)

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Boeing’s Starliner mission is coming back to Earth — empty. After months of data analysis and internal deliberation, NASA leadership announced today that Starliner will be coming back to Earth in September, without a crew.

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[–] kippinitreal@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Is this common (extended stays in orbit) or is this another Boeing failure?

[–] Mathazzar@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Boeing failure. They were supposed to return long ago.

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