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Although Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore were originally slated to spend eight days in space, their Boeing Starliner capsule malfunctioned. As a result, the two have been stuck there for 153 days.
In addition, a December 2024 article from Space.com indicates the Boeing Starliner astronauts will return to Earth in March 2025, or one month later than originally anticipated.
Two astronauts who traveled to the International Space Station aboard Boeing's troubled Starliner more than six months ago will not return to Earth until at least March 2025, NASA announced Tuesday.
Boeing Crew Flight Test (Boe-CFT) was the first crewed mission of the Boeing Starliner capsule. Launched on 5 June 2024, the mission flew a crew of two NASA astronauts, Barry E. Wilmore and Sunita Williams, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to the International Space Station.
June 6: During the coast phase of Boeing Crew Flight Test mission two helium leaks in Starliner pressurization system have been found, in addition to one known before the launch. Throughout the docking process, five of the RCS thrusters failed, prompting the docking to be delayed until four of them came online after several resets.
The Boeing Starliner spaceship faced thruster problems and helium leaks, causing safety concerns. But bringing the astronauts back on SpaceX's Crew Dragon has its own safety risks.
Boeing, for its part, has expressed confidence in Starliner and believes there is flight rationale for returning the spacecraft to Earth with the astronauts aboard. [ 110 ] [ 112 ] Starliner landed safely in the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico on 7 September at 04:01:35 UTC (6 September, 11:01:35 pm MDT , local time at the landing site ...
Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been on an unexpectedly monthslong assignment after serving on Boeing’s Starliner crewed test flight, conducted a spacewalk Thursday. The duo ...