WASHINGTON, Aug. 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — NASA will grant reside protection of the after actions for Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft resignation from the Global Area Station and go back to Earth. The uncrewed spacecraft will leaving from the orbiting laboratory for a touchdown at White Sands Area Harbor in Unused Mexico.

Starliner is scheduled to autonomously undock from the territory station at roughly 6:04 p.m. EDT Friday, Sept. 6, to start out the progress house, climate situations allowing. NASA and Boeing are concentrated on roughly 12:03 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 7, for the touchdown and conclusion of the gliding take a look at.

NASA’s reside protection of go back and similar actions will tide on NASA+, the NASA app, and the company’s website. Discover ways to stream NASA programming via quite a few platforms together with social media.

Forward of Starliner’s go back, NASA will host a pre-departure information convention at 12 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 4, from the company’s Johnson Area Heart in Houston. NASA’s Business Group and Global Area Station Program managers and a gliding director will take part.

To wait the pre-departure information convention in particular person, U.S. media should touch the NASA Johnson newsroom by way of 5 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 3, at [email protected] or 281-483-5111. To fix the pre-departure information convention by way of telephone, media should touch the NASA newsroom disagree nearest than two hours previous to the beginning of the decision.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams introduced onboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft on June 5 for its first crewed gliding, arriving on the territory station on June 6. As Starliner approached the orbiting laboratory, NASA and Boeing recognized helium leaks and skilled problems with the spacecraft response keep an eye on thrusters. For the protection of the astronauts, NASA introduced on Aug. 24 that Starliner will go back to Earth from the station and not using a team. Wilmore and Williams will stay onboard the station and go back house in February 2025 onboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft with two alternative team participants assigned to NASA’s SpaceX Group-9 venture.

NASA’s protection is as follows (all instances Jap and matter to switch in response to real-time operations):

Wednesday, Sept. 4
12 p.m. – Starliner pre-departure information convention from NASA’s Johnson Area Heart on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and the company’s website.

Friday, Sept. 6
5:45 p.m. – Undocking protection starts on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and the company’s website.

6:04 p.m. – Undocking

10:50 p.m. – Protection resumes for deorbit burn, access, and touchdown on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and the company’s website.

Saturday, Sept. 7
12:03 a.m. – Focused touchdown

1:30 a.m. – Put up-landing information convention with refer to members:

• Joel Montalbano, deputy colleague administrator, Area Operations Project Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington
• Steve Stich, supervisor, Business Group Program, NASA Kennedy Area Heart in Florida
• Dana Weigel, supervisor, Global Area Station, NASA Johnson
• John Shannon, vp, Boeing Exploration Techniques
• Mark Nappi, vp and program supervisor, Boeing Business Group Program

Protection of the post-landing information convention will tide survive NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and the company’s website.

To wait the post-landing information convention in particular person, U.S. media should touch the NASA Johnson newsroom by way of 12 p.m., Sept. 6. To fix the post-landing information convention by way of telephone, media should touch the NASA Johnson newsroom disagree nearest than one time previous to the beginning of the development.

See complete venture protection, NASA’s business team weblog, and extra details about the venture at:

https://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew

SOURCE NASA