NASA has delayed the Boeing Starliner’s return to Earth, forcing two astronauts to remain aboard the International Space Station with an unspecified return date.
Two NASA astronauts are still aboard the International Space Station after the Boeing Starliner that was supposed to ferry them back to Earth suffered a leak. Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Suni Williams have been on the ISS for almost two weeks as Boeing and NASA engineers work to fix helium leaks on the Starliner. Williams, 58, and Wilmore, 61, do not have a specified return date but will come back to Earth no earlier than June 26.
" Stich also said that given the extended duration of the mission, "it is appropriate for us to complete an agency-level review, similar to what was done ahead of the NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 return after two months on orbit, to document the agency’s formal acceptance on proceeding as planned." The first piloted test flight of SpaceX’s Demo-2 in 2020, however, did not experience problems like the ones seen during Starliner’s first flight with astronauts.
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