Starliner Plane Will Return On September 7

Starliner aircraft on the space station (photo: dock. NASA)

JAKARTA Starliner, a Boeing spacecraft trapped on the International Space Station (ISS), will return to Earth on 7 September. The landing is targeted for completion at 23.03 WIB.

NASA says that the predetermined launch window will be adjusted to weather conditions. If the weather conditions in space are very good, Starliner will take off from the space station and land at Whitekun Space Harbor, New Mexico.

On August 29, NASA said that technicians from Boeing and its company had completed a review of the readiness to repatriate Starliner to Earth. During this review process, it was confirmed that the crew could not go home.

Meanwhile, in a Starliner briefing on August 24, NASA officials said they could not confirm whether the Starliner problem could be categorized as an accident. To find out this, Starliner needs to land first.

"We will examine it as we carry out a mission to see if this ride is included in one of the categories we set out as an accident once we get this ride back," said NASA Association Administrator Jim Free.

NASA's Commercial Crew Program Manager Steve totals the same opinion. Although NASA and Boeing have made remotely improvements, problems with the aircraft need to be seen directly to make precise improvements in the future.

"We need to get back the vehicle. We need to work on a series of events to determine what changes we will make for the helium leak and the booster, then we will make a decision for the next flight," Stich said.