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NASA’s Boeing Starliner capsule is set to return to Earth on Friday, September 6, 2024, marking the end of an extended and challenging mission. The spacecraft, which has been docked at the International Space Station (ISS) since June, will undock at 6:04 p.m. EDT before making a parachute-assisted landing at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico. Initially intended to return with its two astronauts aboard, Suni Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore, the capsule will instead complete this journey uncrewed after NASA decided it was not safe for a crewed re-entry due to concerns about the spacecraf…

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