The Boeing Starliner is a "healthy" spacecraft, NASA's administrator said Saturday, as the craft was given approval for a Sunday landing.
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said the craft is set to land Sunday at 5:57 a.m. Mountain Time at the White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico.
The space agency also has approved a backup time of 1:48 p.m. MST, also on Sunday, if it is needed.
Boeing's Jim Chilton, senior vice president of the company's Space and Launch Division, said Boeing and NASA had been working hand-in-hand since issues arose Friday with the CST-100 Starliner's aborted rendezvous with the International Space Station.
All systems aboard the craft look good for a landing, Chilton said, but he said the team has "more to prove" as it looks to a successful re-entry.
Boeing and NASA delivered a joint press conference Saturday afternoon.
