What was supposed to be an eight-day mission to ISS, is now more than a month-long as NASA and Boeing try to figure out thruster issues
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In pictures: Boeing’s Starliner returns to earth
Boeing’s new Starliner unmanned spacecraft returns to Earth, landing in the New Mexico desert in the US six days early after a clock problem prevented a rendezvous with the International Space Station.
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In pictures: New Boeing spacecraft to return early after failure
The Starliner capsule was launched Friday from Cape Canaveral, Florida, but shortly after separating from its Atlas V launch rocket its thrusters failed to activate as planned, preventing it from reaching an orbit high enough to meet up with the International Space Station (ISS).