The astronauts who flew aboard the Boeing Starliner for its maiden crewed voyage undocked Tuesday morning from the ISS and are on their way home.
With a replacement crew on board the space station, NASA is eyeing Tuesday for the Starliner astronauts' return to Earth, finally ending their marathon mission.
Starliner docked at the space station on June 6. It was moved away from its dock to allow the SpaceX Crew-9 capsule to dock. The Boeing Starliner spacecraft was then returned to Earth on Sept.
A quick trip in June to the International Space Station stretched into an unexpectedly lengthy orbital stay for the two NASA astronauts who crewed the Boeing Starliner for a flight test.