Boeing’s Starliner astronauts are NOT stranded, just unavoidably detained
By Curt_Anderson June 30, 2024 10:02 pm Category: Star Trek (0.0 from 0 votes)
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Boeing’s Starliner capsule has been in space for more than three weeks — with no specific plan for an arrival date back to Earth. Space observers have claimed that the astronauts are “stranded,” but NASA says that’s not the case.
Starliner is Boeing’s spacecraft that's designed to carry astronauts to and from the International Space Station. However, this year marks the first mission of Starliner with people onboard, after one failed empty-capsule mission in 2019 and a completed one in 2022.
Starliner commander Barry "Butch" Wilmore and co-pilot Sunita Williams, both of whom are retired Navy captains and veteran NASA astronauts, launched Starliner on June 5. (The June 5 launch was actually the third try with astronauts — the first two were canceled due to rocket issues.)
Wilmore and Williams were originally supposed to complete a 10-day flight before returning to Earth on June 14.
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