NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts (from top) Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams pose for a portrait inside the vestibule between the forward port on the International Space Station's Harmony module and Boeing's Starliner spacecraft.
Astronauts to stay on ISS for weeks longer amid probe into Boeing Starliner's thruster issue | CBC News LoadedBoeing's Starliner spacecraft won't return its two astronauts from the International Space Station until after engineers undertake a couple of weeks of testing to investigate the spacecraft's thruster issues, a NASA official said on Friday.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Friday did not set a return date until testing on the ground was complete and said the astronauts were safe.Veteran NASA test pilots Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams blasted off aboard Boeing's Starliner capsule for the orbiting laboratory on June 5. It was the first astronaut launch for Boeing after years of delays and setbacks.
They also wanted to avoid conflicting with spacewalks by station astronauts. But a spacewalk this week was cancelled after water leaked from an astronaut's spacesuit. The issue hasn't been resolved, and the planned spacewalk next week was postponed. In delaying the astronauts' return, NASA and Boeing said they needed more time to collect information about the thruster trouble and leaks while the capsule was docked. Both are in the service module, a unit attached to the capsule that burns up during re-entry.NASA initially said the Starliner could stay docked at the space station for up to 45 days due to battery limits. But in-flight tests have shown that limit can be extended, Stich said.
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