NASA's announcement that the Boeing Starliner will make an uncrewed return while astronauts wait for an upcoming SpaceX mission comes amid federal probes of Elon Musk's businesses.
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astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been stuck at the International Space Station since they were shuttled there by the Boeing Starliner spacecraft in June for a mission that was initially expected to last one week. Starliner experienced helium leaks and thruster issues that prompted 's announcement said that it and SpaceX are working to reconfigure the mission, which is set to launch no earlier than Sept. 24 to accommodate the return of the two astronauts. The announcement comes after Musk and his companies, including SpaceX, have faced legal and regulatory scrutiny from the federal government in recent years.
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