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NASA uses SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to return stranded Boeing crew

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NASA uses SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to return stranded Boeing crew

HOUSTON—NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced during a press conference on Saturday, August 24, at the Johnson Space Center that stranded astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, currently on the International Space Station (ISS), will not return on Boeing’s Starliner but will return on SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft in February 2025 due to safety concerns. NASA Administrator […]

Stranded astronauts will not return from the space station on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, NASA admits

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Stranded astronauts will not return from the space station on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, NASA admits

HOUSTON – NASA announced Saturday that a test flight originally scheduled to last just over a week will end with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft returning home without any astronauts. Instead, a backup vehicle will be sent to the International Space Station to bring Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams back to Earth. The duo originally launched from […]