NASA, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration, announced today how Boeing Starliner astronauts will return.
The Boeing Starliner is currently docked at the International Space Station (ISS), and it is not known exactly when the spacecraft will return. Because there are some problems that cannot be fully solved in Starliner. So how will astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who were taken to the ISS with Starliner, be brought back? NASA made a statement today, He announced that the astronauts at the ISS will be brought back by SpaceX. Based on Crew Dragon to be built in February 2025 With the Crew-9 mission The astronauts who will return to Earth will continue to enjoy the wonderful view until then. Starliner will be brought back alone. NASA, which had to make a statement about the process last month, Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were not stranded in space, contrary to what was said. NASA administrator Steve Stich made a statement on this issue, “I want to make it very clear that Butch and Suni are not stranded in space. Our plan is still to bring them back on the Starliner. We want to get them home at the right time. We still have a little more work to do for the final return, but they are safe on the space station.” he said.
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Last month, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s statement about Starliner also made a splash. Musk official X from your account, “Boeing received $4.2 billion to develop an astronaut capsule, while SpaceX only received $2.6 billion. Yet SpaceX finished its capsule four years early. Also keep in mind that Dragon 2’s crew capsule design has almost nothing in common with Dragon 1. Boeing has too many poorly-trained executives.” had made criticism.