Boeing Starliner astronauts' intended eight-day journey is now expected to last a total of eight months
"NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, wearing Boeing spacesuits, wave as they prepare to depart." © Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo / AFP via Getty Images
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule will bring Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore back home from the International Space Station in February 2025, NASA said on Saturday. The agency’s decision marks the latest setback for Boeing’s costly and chronically delayed Starliner program, and it means extending the astronauts’ intended eight-day journey to a total of eight months.Still currently docked at the International Space Station, the Boeing Starliner will return to Earth uncrewed, in spite of Boeing’s stance that the Starliner is capable of carrying Williams and Wilmore home safely.
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