NASA Sets Tentative End-of-Month Deadline on Starliner Decision
Agency officials are weighing the risks of sending two NASA astronauts home from the ISS on the Boeing spacecraft.
Agency officials are weighing the risks of sending two NASA astronauts home from the ISS on the Boeing spacecraft.
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been on the International Space Station for more than two months despite an intended eight-day stay.
According to reports, NASA is weighing Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams’ return on a SpaceX Dragon.
The Boeing spacecraft was supposed to remain at the International Space Station for eight days but has seen its stay extended to nearly two months.
The regulator on Thursday said the vehicle is safe to return to action, including upcoming SpaceX Crew-9 and Polaris Dawn missions in August.
For the first time since arriving at the International Space Station on June 6, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams spoke to the media.
NASA and Boeing representatives on Friday said the crew will not return until additional testing, which may take weeks, is complete.
Helium leaks, failing thrusters, and a faulty valve component are extending NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams’ stay on the International Space Station.
Starliner’s crew flight test (CFT) is the first time the capsule has carried humans and is intended to be its final mission before NASA moves to certify it for service.
The semireusable space capsule has a new launch target after yet another issue postponed its first crewed flight to Wednesday at the earliest.