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NASA wants Starliner to make a quick getaway from the space station

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft is set to undock from the International Space Station on Friday evening.

Enlarge / Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is set to undock from the International Space Station on Friday evening. (credit: NASA)

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft will gently back away from the International Space Station Friday evening, then fire its balky thrusters to rapidly depart the vicinity of the orbiting lab and its nine-person crew.

NASA asked Boeing to adjust Starliner’s departure sequence to get away from the space station faster and reduce the workload on the thrusters to reduce the risk of overheating, which caused some of the control jets to drop offline as the spacecraft approached the outpost for docking in June.

The action begins at 6:04 pm EDT (22:04 UTC) on Friday, when hooks in the docking mechanism connecting Starliner with the International Space Station (ISS) will open, and springs will nudge the spacecraft away its mooring on the forward end of the massive research complex.

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Source : https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/09/boeings-problem-plagued-starliner-spacecraft-comes-back-to-earth-tonight/