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Is this the first time a spaceship disembarked from a space station and landed back on the ground, all while unpiloted?
by rezmason 2y ago
Is this the first time a spaceship disembarked from a space station and landed back on the ground, all while unpiloted?
- buildsjets 2y agoNo, that’s also exactly how the previous Starliner mission operated. Its also how the first Starliner mission was supposed to operate, but Boeing mis-set their wristwatch and f’d up the ISS rendezvous.
- skykooler 2y agoNo. SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft has a cargo variant which regularly makes uncrewed missions to the ISS and back (and was doing so for several years before they ever flew with people). There are other uncrewed spacecraft such as Cygnus, but not all of them return to Earth with intent to land; I don't know off the top of my head which was the first one to do so.