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TOUCHDOWN: Boeing Starliner Returns To Earth, Completing OFT-2 Mission To The Space Station The uncrewed CST-100 returns to earth at about 2249 UTC, landing at White Sands Space Harbor at the U.S. Army’s White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The spacecraft is returning with more than 600 pounds of cargo, including Nitrogen Oxygen Recharge System reusable tanks that provide breathable air to station crew members. The tanks will be refurbished on Earth and sent back to station on a future flight. This marks the end of the up the six-day Orbital Flight Test-2, which will provide valuable data toward NASA certifying Boeing’s crew transportation system for regular flights with astronauts to and from the International Space Station. Starliner launched to the space station on May 19 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. https://www.keneci.com/read-more-hotfeed-on-keneci-channel#h.jwkjntlfltld