Two NASA astronauts remain in space two weeks since they were supposed to be back home.
The problems with the Boeing spacecraft that have caused two NASA astronauts to remain on the International Space Station two weeks longer than planned do not present an issue for their return mission, Boeing said on Tuesday, though there are still no updates on when that return mission will happen.
'When the crew departs the ISS and deorbits, the service module is discarded and burns up in the atmosphere on reentry.'That means that engineers won't be able to assess the thruster and leak issues after Starliner is back on Earth, and is why Boeing says the mission is being prolonged to collect more data.NASA said the spacecraft has been 'performing well in orbit while docked to the space station.
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