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<\/a>NASA will provide live coverage of the upcoming return activities for the agency\u2019s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2). As part of the uncrewed flight test, Boeing\u2019s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will depart from the International Space Station for a landing in the western United States.<\/p>\n
The spacecraft is scheduled to autonomously undock from the space station to begin the journey home at 2:36 p.m. EDT Wednesday, May 25. NASA and Boeing are targeting 6:49 p.m. for the landing and conclusion of OFT-2, wrapping up a six-day mission testing the end-to-end capabilities of the Starliner system.<\/p>\n
The return and related activities will air live on NASA Television, the NASA app<\/a>, and the agency\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n In advance of Starliner\u2019s return, commercial crew astronauts at the space station will speak with NASA leadership and make farewell remarks prior to closing the hatch to the uncrewed spacecraft.<\/p>\n Teams are targeting White Sands Space Harbor at the U.S. Army\u2019s White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico as the primary landing site, with a backup White Sands opportunity Friday, May 27. The spacecraft will return with more than 600 pounds of cargo, including Nitrogen Oxygen Recharge System reusable tanks that provide breathable air to station crew members. The tanks will be refilled on Earth and sent back to station on a future flight.<\/p>\n NASA\u2019s Boeing OFT-2 return coverage on NASA TV is as follows and all times are subject to change based on mission operations (all times are Eastern):<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>Tuesday, May 24<\/strong><\/p>\n 12:20 p.m. \u2013 NASA Administrator event on Starliner\u2019s flight test with commercial crew astronauts at station<\/p>\n 12:55 p.m. \u2013 Starliner farewell ceremony<\/p>\n 1:30 p.m. \u2013 Hatch closure TV coverage begins for 1:55 p.m. hatch closing<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>Wednesday, May 25<\/strong><\/p>\n 2 p.m. \u2013 TV coverage begins for the 2:36 p.m. undocking. NASA will break coverage after the spacecraft exits joint operations with the space station.<\/p>\n 5:45 p.m. \u2013 Coverage begins for 6:05 p.m. deorbit burn and 6:49 p.m. landing in the western United States.<\/p>\n 9 p.m. \u2013 Return to Earth news conference on NASA TV from NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston:<\/p>\n Learn more about station activities by following the\u00a0space station blog<\/a>,\u00a0@space_station<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0@ISS_Research<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter, as well as the\u00a0ISS Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0ISS Instagram<\/a>\u00a0accounts.<\/p>\n Get weekly video highlights at:\u00a0http:\/\/jscfeatures.jsc.nasa.gov\/videoupdate\/<\/a><\/p>\n Get the latest from NASA delivered every week. Subscribe here:\u00a0www.nasa.gov\/subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n Get The Details…<\/a><\/p>\n Mark Garcia <\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NASA will provide live coverage of the upcoming return activities for the agency\u2019s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2). As part of the uncrewed flight test, Boeing\u2019s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will depart from the International Space Station for a landing in the western United States. The spacecraft is scheduled to autonomously undock from the space station \u2026 Continue reading \n
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