Boeing’s firstStarliner spacecraftwill return to Earth Sunday (Dec.) to cap a rocky test flight that, despite some successes, left the capsule in the wrong orbitand unable to reach the International Space Station for NASA as planned.If all goes according to the revised plan, the uncrewed Starliner – which Boeing designed to eventually fly astronauts forNASA– will land at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico at 7: am EST ( (GMT), six days earlier than its original Dec. 50 target. The spacecraft will rely on a heat shield to withstand the searing heat of reentry, three parachutes to slow its descent back to Earth and airbags to cushion its landing. And all of that gear needs to work perfectly for a safe touchdown.“Tomorrow is a big day,” NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said of Starliner’s landing
in a teleconference with reporters today(Dec.
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