Boeing Starliner test pilots Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are still awaiting word from NASA about when and how they will return from the International Space
This photo provided by NASA shows Boeing 's Starliner spacecraft which launched astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station docked to the Harmony module's forward port on July 3, 2024, seen from a window on the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft docked to the adjacent port.
Wilmore and Williams’ Starliner capsule had a leak in its propulsion-related plumbing prior to lift-off, but Boeing and NASA decided the leak was stable and isolated and proceeded with the planned test flight. When the capsule approached the International Space Station the next day, four more leaks erupted and five thrusters also failed.and four of the failed thrusters ultimately worked but there is still no root cause for what caused the malfunctions.
“We have done multiple successful long-duration missions, even up to a year. Those missions have given us volumes of data about the effects of long duration space flight that we continue to use in space exploration,” NASA chief astronaut Joe Acaba said.
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