Boeing Starliner Lands Safely After 3 Months; Technical Snag Delayed 10-Day Mission

Boeing Starliner spacecraft landed safely at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, on September 7, 2024. Originally this space mission was planned for ten days but the spacecraft returned back to earth after more than three months.

The uncrewed capsule of the spacecraft made a successful parachute-assisted landing at 12:01 a.m. EDT (0401 GMT) on September 7.

The capsule had no astronauts on board. After its landing, NASA confirmed that astronauts would have been unharmed if they had been in it.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, who were part of the Boeing Starliner mission, were originally scheduled to return after ten days. But they are now staying on the ISS for ten months. Wilmore and Williams will return to Earth on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon in February 2025, after Crew-9’s rotation.