Live coverage of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flight to deploy NASA’s TDRS-M data relay satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
(Launch webcast begins at 7:30 a.m. EDT / 1130 GMT)
Mission Reports
Starliner lands safely in New Mexico
Despite NASA’s concerns about earlier thruster problems and multiple helium leaks in the ship’s propulsion pressurization system, the Starliner had no trouble undocking and moving away from the station at 6:04 p.m. EDT and executing a critical 59-second deorbit braking maneuver at 11:17 p.m. to drop out of orbit.
