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NASA is grappling with a critical decision regarding the return of astronauts Barry Wilmore and Suni Williams from the International Space Station amid concerns over the Boeing Starliner’s autonomous undocking capabilities and the spacecraft’s potential to damage one of only two docking ports on the space station.
As a result of these concerns, NASA is considering an alternative solution: bringing Wilmore and Williams home on a SpaceX Crew Dragon and flying the Boeing Starliner back empty. This option would require delaying the upcoming SpaceX Crew-9 mission, originally scheduled for August 18, to September 24. The mission would then be conducted with two astronauts instead of four, leaving two empty seats for Wilmore and Williams.
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