After strange sounds heard inside, Starliner spacecraft returns to Earth

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Arab Weather - Boeing&#39;s Starliner spacecraft left the International Space Station yesterday, heading to Earth without a crew, after a series of technical problems. This came according to what was published by the German News Agency &quot;DPA&quot;, quoting the US Space Agency &quot;NASA&quot;.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> NASA announced that Starliner left the International Space Station on Friday at 6:04 p.m. local time (2204 GMT), after spending three months in space. The vehicle is scheduled to land at White Sands Space Port in New Mexico after a six-hour flight.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> You may also like:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%AA-%D8%BA%D8%B1... sound heard by two astronauts stuck in a capsule that broke down in space (video)</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Astronauts remain at the station due to technical failures</h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Astronauts Barry Wilmore and Suni Williams, who traveled to the International Space Station in June aboard the Starliner, were only supposed to stay for a week. However, they were stuck in space due to technical problems with the vehicle.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said the decision to return Starliner to Earth without its crew was driven by concern for the safety of the astronauts. </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p lang="en" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The uncrewed <a href="https://twitter.com/BoeingSpace?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BoeingSpace</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Starliner?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">... spacecraft landed at New Mexico&#39;s White Sands Space Harbor at 12:01am ET on Saturday Sept. 7. <a href="https://t.co/qi0kWhiSHj">pic.twitter.com/qi0kWhiSHj</a></p> — NASA&#39;s Johnson Space Center (@NASA_Johnson) <a href="https://twitter.com/NASA_Johnson/status/1832268921170227519?ref_src=twsr... 7, 2024</a> </blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Stranded astronauts to return in 2025</h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Wilmore and Williams are scheduled to return to Earth in February 2025 aboard SpaceX&#39;s Dragon capsule. The capsule will launch to the International Space Station on Sept. 24 at the earliest.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Two NASA astronauts have been dropped from the upcoming Dragon launch to make way for Wilmore and Williams to return to Earth.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> See also:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%AF%D8%A7-... astronauts stuck in space indefinitely.. What&#39;s the story?</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A8-... small asteroid hit Earth&#39;s atmosphere yesterday.</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p>