Boeing's troubled Starliner lands without crew on board
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft undocked from the ISS without its crew, leaving astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams stranded in space until February. The capsule landed in New Mexico six hours after departing the ISS.
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00:00Separation confirmed. Starliner is now backing away from station and starting its return to Earth.
00:08Starliner's thrusters will then complete two short firings to gradually increase the separation speed.
00:14The vehicle is now about two meters away from the International Space Station.
00:21At the time of undocking, Starliner and the International Space Station were flying approximately 260 statute miles over central China.
00:28Across Baja, California and heading towards its landing at the White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico.
00:35This milestone we're looking for.
00:38Starliner's currently about 27 miles above the Earth and the team at White Sands reporting that they have seen it.
00:44We've got a tally hold from them. We are now just six minutes and 22 seconds away from landing.
00:54We should also just currently reefing.
01:06And the teams at the landing recovery teams report that they heard the booms.
01:21Touchdown. Starliner is back on Earth. That landing coming at 11.01 and 35 seconds central time.