NEW YORK, May 26. /TASS/. US Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft landed in New Mexico on Wednesday after the first successful unmanned flight to the International Space Station (ISS), according to live stream on NASA’s website.

The spacecraft began descending from the orbit some 45 minutes ahead of the scheduled landing. In landed at White Sands ground in New Mexico at 18:49 ET (01:49 Moscow time on May 26). The spaceship delivered some 270 kg of cargoes to Earth.

Starliner carrying 360 kg of payload blasted off with the help of the Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on May 19. A day after the launch, it docked automatically to the ISS. In case of the success of the unmanned mission, NASA and Boeing specialists plan to carry put a manned mission to the ISS.

Starliner weighs 13 metric tons and is designed for a crew of seven and an autonomous flight of up to 60 hours. It was first launched for an unmanned test flight from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on December 20, 2019. A docking with the orbital outpost was planned for December 22 but was canceled due to malfunctions. A glitch of the system measuring flight time was named as one of the reasons. Eventually the craft was returned to the Earth. In August last year, Boeing engineers made another attempt to launch the craft but it was canceled due to problems with engine valves.