HOUSTON, Aug 25 — Two US astronauts who arrived at the International Space Station aboard Boeing’s Starliner will have to stay six more months and return home with rival...
Originally set to stay for eight days, Boeing astronauts will return to Earth after eight months instead…on rival SpaceX’s craft
“Space flight is risky even at its safest and even at its most routine,” Nelson told reporters. “A test flight, by nature, is neither safe, nor routine.” Officials have said the astronauts on the ISS have plenty of supplies, and are trained for extended stays. Amid intense efforts to diagnose the problem and fashion a possible fix, NASA had to put the astronauts’ return on indefinite hold.
“It was just too much risk with the crew,” said senior NASA official Steve Stich. Norm Knight, another agency official, added that the astronauts “support the agency’s decision fully.” Ten years ago, following the retirement of the Space Shuttle, NASA ordered new vessels from both Boeing and SpaceX that could ferry astronauts to and from the ISS.But Elon Musk’s SpaceX beat Boeing to the punch and has been the lone vehicle used to taxi astronauts for the past four years.
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