Boeing’s new space capsule returns to Earth on Friday without the two NASA test pilots on the International Space Station (ISS) as originally planned due to technical problems.
Pilots Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who were scheduled to hitch a ride on Boeing’s Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 Starliner, flew to the ISS in June on NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test to conduct station research, maintenance, system testing, and data analysis.
The Starliner, which was designed to operate autonomously and has completed two flights, will land in the New Mexico desert early Sept. 7.
In August, NASA stated that the pilots identified helium leaks and issues with control thrusters when on their flight to the ISS before docking on June 5....
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