Starliners first crewed test-flightlaunched from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on June 5.

A test flight, by nature, is neither safe, nor routine.

Upon their return, the Starliner astronautsmay have no choice but to step foot on Earth wearing SpaceX suits.

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So that would not be the plan, he added.

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