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Video: Boeing Starliner Astronauts Will Return to Earth in SpaceX Vehicle
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Boeing Starliner Astronauts Will Return to Earth in SpaceX Vehicle
NASA announced that two astronauts aboard the International Space Station will have their stay extended by several months and that they will return on a SpaceX capsule because of problems with the Boeing Starliner.
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“NASA has decided that Butch and Suni will return with Crew 9 next February and that Starliner will return uncrewed. A test flight by nature is neither safe nor routine. And so the decision to keep Butch and Suni aboard the International Space Station and bring the Boeing Starliner home uncrewed is the result of a commitment to safety.” “I talked with Butch and Suni both yesterday and today. They support the agency’s decision fully, and they’re ready to continue this mission on board I.S.S. as members of the Expedition 71 crew. Their families are doing well. Their families understand, just like the crew members when they launch, there’s always an opportunity, there’s always a possibility that they could be up there much longer than they anticipate. So the families understand that. I’m not saying it’s not hard. It is hard. It’s difficult.”
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