Two NASA astronauts have no set date to return to Earth and are stuck waiting aboard the ISS due to several mechanical issues with Boeing's Starliner spacecraft.
Two NASA astronauts have no set date to return to Earth and are stuck waiting aboard the International Space Station due to several mechanical issues with Boeing's Starliner spacecraft.from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, with flight commander Barry "Butch" Wilmore and flight pilot Sunita "Suni" Williams onboard,at NASA, which was testing if Boeing's spacecrafts could be certified to perform routine missions to and from the ISS.
"We are taking our time and following our standard mission management team process," Steve Stich, manager of NASA's, said in a statement. "We are letting the data drive our decision making relative to managing the small helium system leaks and thruster performance we observed during rendezvous and docking."
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