NASA astronauts will stay at the space station longer for more troubleshooting of Boeing capsule

(28 Jun 2024)
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1. SOUNDBITE (English) Ken Bowersox, NASA:
"You may remember back in the post-launch press briefing I said nobody should get too excited about any particular landing date, because once we got up there we might want to look at some data a little more closely. We might want to wait for weather, but we were going to make sure that the conditions were right to bring Starliner home and one of the things I really like about what our team is doing is they are taking that time to go through the data that we gathered on the way uphill to see if there's any additional testing or analysis we want to do to understand our risk posture, but also to see if there's any extra data we want to collect on the return home."
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2. STILL of the Starliner spacecraft docked to the Harmony module of the International Space Station
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3. STILL of the Boeing Starliner spacecraft preparing to dock with the International Space Station
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4. STILL of the Boeing Starliner spacecraft preparing to dock with the International Space Station
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Steve Stich, NASA:
"First of all there's no new issues to report today. We don't have any new problems we're working with Starliner or the International Space Station, so the vehicle at the station is in good shape. I want to make it very clear that Butch (Wilmore) and Suni (Williams) are not stranded in space. Our plan is to continue to return them on Starliner and return them home at the right time. We'll have a little bit more work to do to get there for the final return, but they're safe on space station, their spacecraft is working well and they're enjoying their time on the space station."
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International Space Station - 13 June 2024
6. STILL of the Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore, left, and Suni Williams inside the vestibule between the forward port on the International Space Station
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International Space Station - 6 June 2024
7. STILL of NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams greeted by the crew of the International Space Station
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8. STILL of Boeing's Starliner capsule, atop an Atlas V rocket, lifting off from launch pad
STORYLINE:
Two NASA astronauts will stay longer at the International Space Station as engineers troubleshoot problems on Boeing’s new space capsule that cropped up on the trip there.
NASA on Friday did not set a return date until testing on the ground was complete and said the astronauts were safe.
“We’re not in any rush to come home,” said NASA’s commercial crew program manager Steve Stich.
Veteran NASA test pilots Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams blasted off aboard Boeing's Starliner capsule for the orbiting laboratory on June 5. It was the first astronaut launch for Boeing after years of delays and setbacks.
The test flight was expected to last a week or so, enough time for Wilmore and Williams to check out the capsule while docked at the station. But problems with the capsule's propulsion system, used to maneuver the spacecraft, prompted NASA and Boeing to delay the flight home several times while they analyzed the trouble.
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[@franktoh3041]

The astronauts are not stranded or stuck but rather on an indefinite extended stay.😂😂😂

[@MartinPHE]

Boeing can't fix the problem so they will be stranded in space until SpaceX saves them.

[@shellariddle324]

Can’t it get anymore fake. Stop the nonsense!

[@Goldmanvision]

Oh boy, we got a live one...

[@laslortdavis9312]

I thought they said we have ice ceiling,that no one can leave the earth 🌎