Boeing’s Starliner capsule leaves ISS and heads home without astronauts

The unmanned Boeing Starliner capsule undocks (Nasa/AP)

After months of turmoil over its safety, Boeing’s new astronaut capsule departed the International Space Station without its crew and headed back to Earth.

Nasa’s two test pilots stayed behind at the space station — their home until next year — as the Starliner capsule undocked from the orbiting laboratory.