Good morning if you havejustjoined us. This is boeings Starliner Spacecraft has successfully completed its journey back to earth but the astronauts it was supposed to be carrying remain behind on the international Space Station. Good morning if you havejustjoined us. Good morning if you have ust oined us. , the capsule landed in the new Mexico Desert a few hours ago. It had suffered several technical problems . During its Test Flight to the international Space Station and nasa decided it was too risky to bring the Crew Home in it. Theyll return to earth next year instead. They are providing us with a live view from the international Space Station, looking down on earth, which is quite a stunning view. This is after that Boeing Starliner completed itsjourney is after that Boeing Starliner completed its journey back to earth. Our science editor, rebecca morelle, told us more about the starliner s journey. They said it was a safe and successful landing for the spacecraft. There were a few
On the international Space Station. Touchdown, starliner is back on earth. That landing coming at 1101 and 35 seconds central time. This is the moment the capsule landed in the New Mexico desert. Its had developed technical problems shortly after its original launch, including Helium Leaks, and nasa decided it would be safer for the two astronauts to return another way. Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will return to earth next february in a spacex capsule, after spending eight months in Orbit Theyd only expected to be there eight days. Boeing has released this image of the starliner back on earth. Nasa says both astronauts are in good spirits. They held a Press Conference shortly after the capsule s safe return and told us more about the mission. Im happy to report, starliner did really well today in the undock, the Orbit And Landing sequence. You know, we used the Nasa Docking system for the second time on the mission to undock from the Space Station. That system performed