Denise Chow is a science and space reporter for NBC News.
will call on SpaceX to bring home two astronauts who have been stuck on the International Space Station since early June after their Boeing spacecraft ran into several problems midflight, the agency said Saturday.
said it will free up two seats on an upcoming SpaceX launch, known as Crew-9, that will be taking a new rotation of space station crew members to the orbiting outpost. By transporting two astronauts instead of the planned four, Wilmore and Williams will be able to fly back in the open seats at the end of the Crew-9 mission in February. The Crew-9 flight is currently scheduled to lift off on Sept.
’s uncertainty in recent weeks stood in stark contrast to the public messaging from Boeing. The aerospace company has said that tests done in orbit and on the ground indicated that the Starliner capsule was safe to bring the astronauts home. Over the past month, Boeing officials have not taken part in news briefings hosted by
could certify the Starliner spacecraft to ferry astronauts to and from the space station on a regular basis. It’s unclear how
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