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Starliner will return to Earth uncrewed, astronauts staying on ISS until February (techcrunch.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by BrikoX to c/aviation

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Boeing’s Starliner mission is coming back to Earth — empty. After months of data analysis and internal deliberation, NASA leadership announced today that Starliner will be coming back to Earth in September, without a crew.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Is this common (extended stays in orbit) or is this another Boeing failure?

[–] BrikoX 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Very uncommon. Original plan was less than 14 days, and now it got extended to 8-12 months. Though astronauts seems to be happy as they get to do some spacewalks while stuck at ISS. But it's bad news for Boeing. They had a fixed contract of 4.2 billion and had to pay additional 1.5 billion out of pocket and now their reputation is shot.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

It's going to be even worse, if this thing burns up on re-entry.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Boeing failure. They were supposed to return long ago.