NASA stated that the 2 astronauts who took greater than a month in the past and have been misplaced on the ISS will stay on the station till the issue within the Boeing capsules is resolved.
Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been supposed to go to the orbiting laboratory for a couple of week and return in mid-June.
However thruster failures and a helium leak in Boeing’s new Starliner capsule left them stranded on the ISS.
Regardless of ongoing analysis and testing, a return date has not but been confirmed.
NO SPECIFIC RETURN DATE
Steve Stich, NASA’s business crew program supervisor, stated they may not present a return date.
Including that the purpose is to get Wilmore and Williams again to Starliner, Stich stated, “We’ll come dwelling after we’re prepared.”
THE DRAGON CAPSULE IS AN OPTION
Though the principle purpose is to carry Wilmore and Williams again with the Starliner, NASA has stated that it’s contemplating utilizing SpaceX’s Dragon capsule as a backup.
The Captain’s spies will likely be examined
Engineers completed testing an additional booster within the New Mexico desert final week and can take away it to attempt to determine what went improper earlier than stopping the Starliner.
Boeing’s Mark Nappi stated the crew will take a look at the capsule’s thrust whereas docked on the area station this weekend to collect extra knowledge.
The capsule’s 5 thrusters failed because it approached the area station on June 6, a day after liftoff.
4 have since been reworked.
