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Boeing Starliner could brick ISS docking port if crew abandons it
NASA fears Boeing autonomous software update for Starliner could render ISS docking port inoperable
NASA is contemplating bringing astronauts Barry Wilmore and Suni Williams home from the International Space Station on a SpaceX Crew Dragon and flying the Boeing Starliner back empty. Multiple technical issues with the Boeing Starliner have drastically elongated the eight-day mission, with no return date in sight. Three separate, well-placed sources have confirmed to Ars that the current flight software on board Starliner cannot perform an automated undocking from the space station and entry into Earth’s atmosphere.
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