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Boeing Starliner 1st astronaut flight: Mission updates
By Tariq Malik last updated
Boeing moving toward a June 1 launch of its first-ever Starliner astronaut mission for NASA.
![Boeing's Crew Flight Test Starliner spacecraft sits at its desert landing spot at White Sands Space Harbor, New Mexico after a successful landing on Sept. 7, 2024.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aUB2CaHv8eghG8sNB9oN9P-320-80.jpg)
Boeing Starliner capsule lands back on Earth, without astronauts, to end troubled test flight (video)
By Mike Wall published
Boeing's Starliner capsule returned to Earth early this morning (Sept. 7), wrapping up its first-ever crewed mission. But it came home without any astronauts on board.
![A white capsule is seen in space.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AzWKFWaijykKUwNu7BWSvb-320-80.png)
Boeing Starliner departs ISS without its astronaut crew. How to watch it land on Earth tonight
By Elizabeth Howell last updated
Boeing's Starliner capsule will depart the ISS without astronauts today (Sept. 6), and you can watch the action live.
![a white space capsule is seen through a spacecraft window, with earth in the background](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/s4JRYQCHCFQ6LUdQeicQ5o-320-80.jpg)
Boeing's Starliner all packed up to return to Earth from ISS today
By Mike Wall published
Boeing's Starliner capsule is all packed up and ready to depart the International Space Station today (Sept. 6) at 6:04 p.m. EDT (2204 GMT).
![Long duration photograph of a space capsule in the lower right portion of the image and a blurred earth below with streaking lights.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vJceQ6bFjKXScohvm73vZ5-320-80.jpg)
NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore reports 'strange noise' coming from Boeing's Starliner spacecraft (video)
By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated
The eerie sound was likened to a pulsing sonar-like ping.
![NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore (left) and Suni Williams during their Crew Flight Test mission on the International Space Station in 2024.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zwyCX7hL2ExNYHboix3uvY-320-80.jpg)
Boeing Starliner astronauts will spend at least 240 days stuck in space — is that a new record?
By Brandon Specktor published
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams will spend at least eight consecutive months aboard the International Space Station as their Boeing Starliner spacecraft returns to Earth empty. Is their extended spaceflight record-setting?
![A white and black Boeing Starliner space capsule is seen docked at the International Space Station through a station window with the Earth below.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dDu63B6tcTPZiUrcFpDs96-320-80.jpg)
Boeing's 1st crewed Starliner to return to Earth without astronauts on Sept. 6
By Mike Wall published
Boeing's troubled Starliner capsule is poised to return to Earth without any crew aboard on Sept. 6, NASA announced on Thursday (Aug. 29).
![A white and black Boeing Starliner space capsule is seen docked at the International Space Station through a station window with the Earth below.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dDu63B6tcTPZiUrcFpDs96-320-80.jpg)
How 2 fatal shuttle disasters weighed on NASA's decision to bring Boeing Starliner astronauts home on SpaceX Dragon
By Andrew Jones published
The Challenger and Columbia space shuttle tragedies influenced NASA's thinking on how the Boeing Starliner astronauts should return home, agency officials said.
![Two NASA astronauts smile on the International Space Station with an inset of their Boeing Starliner capsule.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Znw66AC6BU8JD5zKcbQ7cJ-320-80.jpg)
Boeing Starliner astronauts will return home on a SpaceX Dragon in 2025, NASA confirms
By Monisha Ravisetti published
NASA decided Saturday (Aug. 24) to return its two Boeing Starliner astronauts to Earth in February 2025. Their Starliner capsule will come back empty over thruster concerns.
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