The Boeing Starliner spacecraft successfully completed its uncrewed flight back to Earth, NASA announced overnight. The return ended the Starliner’s most recent flight test months later than intended and leaves its original crew, NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Suni Williams, aboard the International Space Station until next year.

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore returned after nine months on the ISS due to Boeing’s Starliner failures. Originally an eight-day mission, Crew-9 faced thruster malfunctions and helium leaks,