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After just over three months, Starliner is finally coming home, but without the crew, who will be returning with Crew-9 on Dragon next year.

| Undocking scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-09-06, 22:04 | |


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| | Mission | Boeing Crewed Flight Test | | Landing scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-09-07, 04:03 | | Landing site | White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, USA | | Starliner | SC3-2 (Calypso) | | Crew | None | | Revised mission success criteria | Successful undocking, deorbit, reentry, and landing of Starliner |

Livestreams (undocking)

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| | NASA | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_79y0yZs0dc | Boeing | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bZhoHeAimM | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv5X2yghKhA | NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG3eNnzhkpw | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueziZxViWCc

Livestreams (landing)

| Stream | Link | |


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| | NASA | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ0T-cZWh78 | Boeing | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mObfa7Gdky4 | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O55tEycZjiE | NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QngdqJ97lis | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueziZxViWCc

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[โ€“] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I can't help but be reminded of Starliner render that BO featured in their Orbital Reef announcement video. There's a 3 second clip at 1:34 showing Starliner spinning up like a washing machine, thrusters firing wildly. I'm glad that that, at least, did not come to pass.