NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said the decision was driven by the agency's commitment to safety, especially following the disasters that beset the space shuttle program.
SpaceX will bring home the two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station due to troubles with Boeing's Starliner spacecraft,
to bring home astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams on SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule in February follows months of irregularities that have hobbled the third test flight of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft — which began even prior to its June 5 launch and with the program already years behind schedule. The capsule was originally set to blast off May 6, but that flight was scuttled because of a malfunctioning valve on the Atlas V rocket that launches it into space.
officials have maintained Starliner has 10 times more helium than it needs to return to earth and the craft could be used if there were an emergency situation aboard the space station. And this month Boeing issued a statement that cited all the testing that had been conducted and concluded, “Boeing remains confident in the Starliner spacecraft and its ability to return safely with crew.”
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