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Boeing will try to fly its troubled Starliner capsule back to Earth next week (arstechnica.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/spaceflight@sh.itjust.works

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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.

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[–] ptfrd@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 weeks ago

Departure will be televised.

(I looked it up because I was vaguely wondering whether broadcasting this would be too embarrassing!)