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    27 minutes ago

    Today, ’s spacecraft returns to Earth. 🌎 Tune in to NASA TV starting at 6:45am ET for our mission coverage ahead of the spacecraft’s parachute-assisted landing at 7:57am ET at in New Mexico:

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    Right now, Boeing, and teams are gearing up to meet when it lands at 5:57 a.m. MT today at . Watch the live broadcast starting at 4:45 a.m. MT.

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    is set to land Dec. 22, 5:57 a.m. MT at . Our landing and recovery team, and teams are on the ground. Flight controllers and engineers are at Boeing Mission Control at and Mission Control.

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  4. 9 hours ago

    ICYMI: Administrator alongside representatives from & provided updates about the spacecraft and Orbital Flight Test. Hear about completed test objectives & next steps before tomorrow's landing:

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    . TV will provide live coverage of the landing on Sunday, Dec. 22, of the CST-100 spacecraft starting at 6:45am ET.

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    Landing team here in New Mexico is briefed and ready for ops! We have an early morning wake up to go get the capsule!

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    is set to land Sunday at 5:57 a.m. MT at . On Saturday, Boeing SVP of Space and Launch Jim Chilton said, “Make no mistake, we still have something to prove on reentry tomorrow.” Hear the teleconference + see landing timeline:

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    This video shows a key Orbital Flight Test objective: separation from ULA Centaur second-stage. Sep happened just before the Mission Elapsed Timing anomaly. See more OFT mission objectives accomplished:

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  9. 15 hours ago

    Watch our live coverage on NASA TV tomorrow, Sunday, Dec. 22, as ’s spacecraft returns to Earth for a landing at White Sands, New Mexico. 📺 Coverage begins at 6:45am ET 🔥 Deorbit burn at 7:23am ET 🌍 Landing at 7:57am ET More:

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    Starliner’s systems are performing very well. Many test objectives completed. The timing issue and resulting orbit that caused us to miss docking with ISS is understood. Small orbit burns have lined Starliner up for a landing in NM Sunday ~6AM MST. Weather looks good.

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  11. 16 hours ago

    Tomorrow is a big day. We have to be on our 'A' game. There is going to be a lot of data that needs to be reviewed when this is over. I want us to focus like a laser on ’s entry, descent and landing. — Administrator

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  12. 16 hours ago

    The crew could have gone to a manual mode, using the software to execute a burn at about 31 minutes into flight to get the vehicle into safe orbit and recover the rest of the mission. — Steve Stich, deputy manager of our Program

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  13. 16 hours ago

    The choice we made on this first flight test was to record it and release video when we land. — Jim Chilton, senior vice president of Boeing’s Space and Launch Division

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  14. 16 hours ago

    We extended the docking system & made sure it’s working as expecting. We did a test of the abort system. We’re trying to take things we would normally do & pull those into this mission to learn as much as possible. — Jim Chilton of on test objectives

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  15. 16 hours ago

    The real point of the Orbital Flight Test is to learn as much as possible about the spacecraft for future crewed missions. — Jim Chilton, senior vice president of Boeing’s Space and Launch Division

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  16. 16 hours ago

    “We’re in.” — Jim Chilton, senior vice president of Boeing’s Space and Launch Division, on ’s commitment to the program

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  17. 16 hours ago

    We prefer to go to White Sands for landing. We've deployed our crew there. We have a landing scheduled at about sunrise tomorrow and another backup opportunity about eight hours later. — Jim Chilton, senior vice president of Boeing’s Space and Launch Division

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  18. 16 hours ago

    “One of the biggest challenges with this particular test is that it’s automated.” — Administrator on the Orbital Flight Test

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  19. 16 hours ago

    Had there been an astronaut on board , an astronaut might have provided us with a lot of options for mission control that could get us to the . — Administrator on 's Orbital Flight Test

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  20. 16 hours ago

    The challenge here was a timing signal. The good thing is that fairly early in the process, we understand it and can get it fixed. — Administrator on the Orbital Flight Test

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