.NASA as well as Boeing securely gave back the uncrewed Starliner spacecraft following its landing at 10:01 p.m. MDT Sept. 6 at White Sands Room Harbor in New Mexico, concluding a three-month air travel examination to the International Space Station." I am extremely proud of the job our aggregate group embeded this entire trip exam, and our experts delight in to observe Starliner's safe gain," stated Ken Bowersox, associate administrator, Area Procedures Mission Directorate at NASA Base Of Operations in Washington. "Even though it was required to return the spacecraft uncrewed, NASA as well as Boeing learned an unbelievable amount about Starliner in the most extreme setting feasible. NASA awaits our ongoing work with the Boeing group to move on toward license of Starliner for crew turning objectives to the spaceport station.".The air travel on June 5 was actually the first time rocketeers released aboard the Starliner. It was actually the 3rd orbital air travel of the space capsule, as well as its second yield from the orbiting lab. Starliner currently will certainly transport to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Fla for evaluation and handling.NASA's Business Crew System calls for a space capsule to pilot a crewed test air travel to verify the body is ready for frequent trips to and from the orbiting laboratory. Observing Starliner's profits, the firm will examine all mission-related records." We are excited to possess Starliner home safely and securely. This was actually an important test tour for NASA in establishing our team up for potential purposes on the Starliner body," pointed out Steve Stich, manager of NASA's Office Staff Program. "There was actually a lot of important discovering that will definitely permit our long-term excellence. I intend to commend the whole group for their effort and also commitment over recent 3 months.".NASA rocketeers Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams released on June 5 aboard Starliner for the agency's Boeing Crewed Flight Test from Peninsula Canaveral Room Pressure Terminal in Florida. On June 6, as Starliner approached the space station, NASA and also Boeing pinpointed helium cracks and also seasoned problems with the space capsule's response control thrusters. Following weeks of in-space and also ground testing, technological interchange appointments, and company assessments, NASA decided to prioritize security and also return Starliner without its workers. Wilmore and also Williams will certainly continue their work aboard terminal as part of the Exploration 71/72 crew, returning in February 2025 along with the firm's SpaceX Crew-9 goal.The workers trip test is part of NASA's Business Workers System. The goal of NASA's Office Staff Program is safe, trustworthy, and cost-effective transport to and coming from the International Spaceport station and also low Earth track. This currently is actually delivering added investigation opportunity and has improved the chance for discovery aboard humanity's microgravity testbed, consisting of aiding NASA get ready for individual exploration of the Moon and also Mars.Discover more concerning NASA's Office Team system at:.https://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew.- side-.Joshua Finch/ Jimi RussellHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1100joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov/ james.j.russell@nasa.gov.Leah CheshierJohnson Room Center, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.Steve Siceloff/ Danielle Sempsrott/ Stephanie PlucinskyKennedy Area Facility, Florida321-867-2468steven.p.siceloff@nasa.gov/ danielle.c.sempsrott@nasa.gov/ stephanie.n.plucinsky@nasa.gov.