The two astronauts who launched on Starliner will stay behind on the International Space Station.

Flying on autopilot, the Starliner spacecraft is scheduled to depart the station at approximately 6:04 pm EDT (22:04 UTC) on September 6. The capsule will fire its engines to drop out of orbit and target a parachute-assisted landing in New Mexico at 12:03 am EDT (04:03 UTC) on September 7, NASA said in a statement Thursday.

  • TWeaK@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 months ago

    The thing is they’re entwined with the military, eg the X-37, so they probably will keep getting things like that. No other company makes space vehicles for the US that I’m aware of. Maybe Lockheed Martin have some secret stuff, but with space it’s incredibly difficult to get things up there and remain unnoticed.