WASHINGTON (AFP)
Boeing's beleaguered Starliner returned to Earth on Saturday without the astronauts who travelled in it to the International Space Station after NASA deemed the risk too great.
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The gumdrop-shaped capsule landed gently at the White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico at approximately 0401 GMT, its descent slowed by parachutes and cushioned by airbags, having departed the ISS around six hours earlier.