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Starliner will return to Earth uncrewed, astronauts staying on ISS until February (techcrunch.com)
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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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[–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] [S] 11 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    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.

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