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Jam packed issues filled with the latest cutting-edge research, technology and theories delivered in an entertaining and visually stunning way, aiming to educate and inspire readers of all agesNearly two months after Boeing's Starliner returned to Earth without its astronauts, NASA is still working on the issues that complicated the spacecraft's first crewed test flight, agency officials said on Friday .
CFT launched on June 5 and docked with the ISS the following day. But five of the 28 thrusters in Starliner's reaction control system misbehaved during the capsule's chasedown of the orbiting lab, delaying the arrival. 'There was some tension in the room', NASA says of decision to bring Boeing's Starliner spacecraft home without astronauts
NASA, however, temporarily pulled from a four-month reserve of food, water, clothing and other resources on the ISS to keep the duo supplied — and topped that reserve up with goods brought up on robotic resupply ships. Wilmore and Williams pivoted to ISS duties, and, as other astronauts departed, their accelerated drawdown on the space station supplies stopped happening.
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