NASA mission managers are not ready to announce a date of return from the ISS for Boeing Starliner test pilots Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, the commercial crew program manager said.
Already more than a month late getting back, two
and Boeing to keep them up longer. ASTRONAUTS ‘STUCK’ IN SPACE AFTER YEARS OF COMMERCIAL STUMBLES: 6 FACTS TO CATCH YOU UP 'We'll come home when we're ready,' Stich said. Stich acknowledged that backup options are under review. SpaceX's Dragon capsule is another means of getting always has contingency options,' he said. Engineers last week completed testing on a spare thruster in the New Mexico desert and will rip it apart to try to understand what went wrong ahead of the Starliner's docking. Five thrusters failed as the capsule approached the space station on June 6, a day after liftoff. Four have since been reactivated. It appears degraded seals are to blame for the helium leaks and thruster problems — entirely separate issues — but more analysis is needed.
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