And speaking of re-entry, things got a bit hot. “During re-entry to Earth’s atmosphere, the spacecraft will begin to slow down from orbital velocity at 17,500 miles per hour (28,164 kph) …,” ...

On the other, the agency admitted that a new thruster had failed during its descent. The capsule also experienced a temporary blackout of Starliner's guidance system during reentry.

Boeing made little mention of the two empty spacesuits that returned with the Starliner spacecraft when it thumped down in New Mexico without crew on Friday, Sept. 6, at 10:01 p.m. M.D.T., after ...

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NASA At 6:04 p.m. Eastern time on Friday, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) and began the six-hour re-entry trip toward Earth.

"I want to recognize the work the Starliner teams did to ensure a successful and safe undocking, deorbit, re-entry and landing," Mark Nappi, Boeing's Starliner program manager said in a statement.

There were some snags during reentry, including more thruster issues, but Starliner made a “bull’s-eye landing,” said NASA’s commercial crew program manager Steve Stich.

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft touched down on Earth early Saturday morning, with two test pilots left behind in space until next year over NASA's concerns that their return was too risky ...

Boeing's beleaguered Starliner made its long-awaited return to Earth on Saturday without the astronauts who rode it up to the International Space Station, after NASA ruled the trip back too risky ...

These are separate thrusters from the small engines that caused trouble earlier in the Starliner mission. There was also a brief glitch in Starliner's navigation system during reentry.

Starliner undocked on schedule from the station at 6:04 p.m. Eastern Sept. 6. The spacecraft performed a series of burns using its reaction controls system (RCS) thrusters to back away from the ...

While Starliner's thrusters did not fail off as feared during the reentry burn, two thrusters exceeded a higher than normal temperature range − which is believed to be the reason for the ...