Space Travel Hurdles: Starliner Pilots’ Unexpected Extension

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Photo credit: NASA Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft that launched NASA’s Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station is pictured docked to the Harmony module’s forward port on Wednesday, July 3, 2024.
Photo credit: NASA Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft that launched NASA’s Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station is pictured docked to the Harmony module’s forward port on Wednesday, July 3, 2024.

NASA will fly Boeing Starliner crew home with SpaceX, Calamity Capsule deemed too risky

https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/25/nasa_spacex_starliner/

By Richard Speed

NASA has decided to bring back the stranded Boeing Starliner pilots from the International Space Station using a SpaceX Crew Dragon pod next year. The decision comes after the Starliner’s thrusters could not be cleared for the return trip by NASA engineers. This unexpected turn of events has extended the pilots’ stay from eight days to potentially eight months, highlighting the complexities and challenges of space travel.

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