The Starliner carrying Astronaut Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore to the Space Station has returned to Earth. But this spacecraft has returned empty. A short while ago, this spacecraft landed at White Sand Space Harbor in New Mexico. It has landed safely on Earth after 3 months. It landed safely with the help of 3 large parachutes and airbags.
Let us tell you that on June 5, when the Starliner reached the Space Station with both the astronauts,Then due to technical fault, it could not return on time. NASA, along with Boeing, the company that made Starliner, decided that they would not bring Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore back from Starliner.
It separated from the International Space Station (ISS) at 3:30 am Indian time. It landed at 9:32 am in the White Sand Space Harbor (desert) in the US state of New Mexico.
According to NASA's website, Starliner (spacecraft) entered the Earth's atmosphere at 9:15 am. After entering, its speed was about 2,735 km per hour. The spacecraft's parachutes opened just 3 minutes before landing.
The mission was for 8 days
Boeing company has built this space craft in collaboration with NASA. On June 5, Sunita and Butch were sent to ISS. It was a mission of only 8 days, but due to technical problems, its return had to be postponed. Now this spacecraft has returned to Earth without the crew.
NASA's team will investigate the chemicals present in the craft
The rescue and recovery team is waiting for full approval to reach the space craft. Actually, now the team of NASA and Boeing will check the chemicals present in the space craft. They will check whether any dangerous chemical is coming out from it. Only after this the team will get permission to go there.
After the landing of Starliner, the team of NASA and Boeing will take it back to the assembly unit.It will be examined there. It will be found out why there was a problem in Starline's propulsion system. What caused the helium leak.