Boeing’s new Starliner spacecraft will return to Earth on Sunday, six days early, after a clock problem prevented a rendezvous with the International Space Station, NASA and the aerospace giant confirmed Saturday.
The uncrewed Starliner capsule is now scheduled to land Sunday at 05:47 am (local time) at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.
The capsule is currently in a low, 250-kilometer (155-mile) orbit. Boeing engineers are programming it to re-enter the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean.
Parachutes will slow its descent, and huge airbags will be deployed to cushion its desert landing.
