WASHINGTON, D.C. — NASA is expected to decide Saturday whether two astronauts who arrived at the International Space Station aboard Boeing's Starliner should return on that craft -- or brace for a longer wait to fly home with rival SpaceX.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — NASA is expected to decide Saturday whether two astronauts who arrived at the International Space Station aboard Boeing's Starliner should return on that craft -- or brace for a longer wait to fly home with rival SpaceX.The latter solution would not only create a fresh public relations headache for Boeing, but possibly result in astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams spending a total of eight months in orbit, not the eight days as originally planned.
Their worry is that the craft might not have the propulsive power to wrest itself out of orbit and begin the descent toward Earth.If NASA experts decide the Starliner is not safe, the craft would return without any passengers.The SpaceX Crew-9 mission would then take off in late September, but carrying only two passengers instead of the originally planned four.
To Decide Saturday On Return Of Stranded Astronauts
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