Boeing Starliner astronauts stranded in space for 80 days will not return home until 2025
The two Boeing Starliner astronauts who have been stranded in space for 80 days will stay in space for another six months, NASA officials announced Saturday.
Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been trapped in space for 80 days and will stay there another six months.“This has not been an easy decision, but it is absolutely the right one,” NASA Associate Administrator James Free said.The test flight, however, encountered thruster failures and helium leaks so serious that NASA kept the capsule parked as engineers tried to find a solution.
Teams of engineers are still working to sort out the physics of the thruster issues that landed the Starliner into trouble, NASA Associate Administrator James Free added. NY rabbi, wife booted off JetBlue flight by 'antisemitic' staff after heated exchange over switching seats: suitThe sweet meaning behind Justin and Hailey Bieber’s newborn son’s name
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