Starliner returns safely to Earth, without the astronauts

[Otherbrother]

@Mister44

despite safety fears, it worked

Mostly. I read elsewhere that 2 of the thrusters failed on the trip back.

Edit to update- here’s what ARS Technica says:

A couple of fresh technical problems cropped up as Starliner cruised back to Earth. One of 12 control jets on the crew module failed to ignite at any time during Starliner’s flight home. These are separate thrusters from the small engines that caused trouble earlier in the Starliner mission. There was also a brief glitch in Starliner’s navigation system during reentry.

So a whole new kind of thruster problem. Not ideal!