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)
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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
Was expecting a little more debris to be kicked up on touchdown. Wonder if the rockets didn't fire or just the camera angle?
Sounds like it was all good, so just the dust not being visible on the IR view.
Does Starliner have landing rockets? I know New Shepard does, but I thought Starliner might just have airbags. Also, there may have been a small hill between the camera and the landing site, so we might not have seen the exact moment of landing, given the low camera angle.