boeing spacecraft returns to earth without humans aboard, astronauts' 8-day mission turns into 8-month mission
2024-09-07
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boeing's starliner spacecraft returned to earth without humans on board in the early morning of september 7, eastern time, and landed in new mexico, usa.
according to afp, the starliner spacecraft landed at the white sands spaceport in new mexico. parachutes opened before landing to slow the spacecraft down. the report described the spacecraft as "a smooth and successful landing."
about six hours ago, the starliner spacecraft detached from the international space station and began its unmanned return journey to earth.
the starliner spacecraft carried out its first manned test flight on june 5, carrying two nasa astronauts to the international space station. later, due to problems such as helium leaks and propulsion system failures during the project's operation, the return time has been delayed for several months.
nasa believes that there are still risks for astronauts to return home on the spacecraft, so it decided that the two astronauts will continue to stay in the space station laboratory for five to six months. the unmanned boeing "starliner" spacecraft left the international space station at 18:04 eastern time on september 6 and set off to return to earth.
on august 24th local time, the national aeronautics and space administration (nasa) said that two astronauts who have been stranded on the international space station since early june will return to earth in february 2025 on the dragon spacecraft of the us space exploration technology company.
american astronauts wilmore and williams were launched on the first manned test flight of boeing's "starliner" spacecraft on june 5 and arrived at the international space station on june 6. the spacecraft was originally scheduled to leave the international space station and return to earth on june 14, but due to problems such as thruster failure and helium leakage, the return time has been repeatedly postponed.
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