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at the International Space Station on board Boeing's plagued Starliner spacecraft on June 6, over a month and a half ago.
The trip was only supposed to last less than two weeks, but the space agency still has yet to issue a return date as engineers are On Thursday, NASA confirmed that the two astronauts will be stuck at the station until at least August, extending their stay into a months-long ordeal.The agency is giving itself until at least the first week of August, at which point it will conduct a review — yet another setback of an already disastrous spacecraft launch.Boeing's trouble with its Starliner spacecraft, which is meant to provide NASA with an alternative to SpaceX's tried-and-true Crew Dragon capsule, began years ago.
The botched launch has raised thorny questions regarding NASA's relationship with its well-established contractor. Is the agency covering for Boeing? And while Stich has repeatedly reassured the public that the two astronauts could technically return on board Starliner in the event of an emergency, NASA's refusal to commit to any return date over the last seven weeks seems suspect.
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