Boeing Starliner Oft Docking ISS

Starliner astronauts undock from ISS, head back to Earth

Boeing Starliner astronauts finally head home, nine months later

That’s how long Boeing Starliner’s mission — its first flight test with crew aboard — was supposed to last. But this mission has been singular in almost every way, and astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have instead spent the past nine and a half months aboard the International Space Station.

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Why NASA's Starliner astronauts spent 9 months in space on a 10-day mission: A timeline

Wilmore and Williams, both former U.S. Navy test pilots, expected to remain in orbit for about 10 days on the mission, which was called Crew Flight Test (CFT). The main goal was to show that Starliner is ready to carry astronauts to and from the ISS, so that the spacecraft can start flying operational, long-duration missions in the near future.

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Homebound: Starliner astronauts undock from ISS, head back to Earth

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.

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Starliner astronauts' replacement crew arrive at International Space Station

The Crew 10 Dragon capsule caught up with the International Space Station and moved in for a textbook docking early Sunday, ...

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As Starliner astronauts prepare for return, look back at the mission's biggest moments

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.

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