The Boeing Astronauts' Return To Earth Is Delayed Again, This Time Because Of A Spacex Spaceship

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore talk with reporters from the International Space Station after their spaceship departs without them.NASA TVTwo astronauts have been stuck on the space station after their Boeing spaceship had engine issues.Now, their return is being delayed another month to give SpaceX time to process a new spaceship.NASA and SpaceX are using the new ship, instead of a refurbished one, to expand SpaceX's fleet.Two astronauts have been stuck on the International Space Station for months because of issues with Boeing's new Starliner spaceship.Now, they'll have to stay just a bit longer because SpaceX needs extra time to prepare its Crew Dragon spaceship.Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were set to finally come back to Earth in February.

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  • The Boeing astronauts' return to Earth is delayed again, this time because of a SpaceX spaceship
    Now the earliest they can return is in late March, NASA announced in a blog post on Wednesday.While one month is not a terribly long delay by regular NASA mission standards, the extra time in orbit is ...
    12/18/2024 - 9:27 am | View Link
  • Boeing Starliner crew's return to Earth delayed yet again
    NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been stuck in space for months longer than expected, and will not return to Earth until at least March 2025 at the earliest, NASA indicated.
    12/18/2024 - 9:22 am | View Link
  • 'Stranded' NASA astronauts' return to Earth delayed until at least 'late March' 2025 due to SpaceX capsule issues, NASA reveals
    Due to a delay with SpaceX's Dragon capsule, NASA's Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who were meant to spend 10 days in space in June 2024, will now not return to Earth until late March 2025 at the ...
    12/18/2024 - 7:19 am | View Link
  • Boeing Starliner astronauts could spend nearly 300 days stuck in space — is that a new record?
    NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams will spend at least nine consecutive months aboard the International Space Station after their Boeing Starliner spacecraft returned to Earth empty. Is ...
    12/18/2024 - 5:45 am | View Link
  • Astronauts stuck onboard the ISS have return delayed again
    Two Nasa astronauts onboard the International Space Station (ISS) have had their return to Earth delayed again. Barry 'Butch' Wilmore and Sunita Williams set off from Florida on Boeing's Starliner ...
    12/18/2024 - 1:14 am | View Link
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