Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have been in orbit for longer than their expected mission time due to technical issues with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft
Nasa says it is close to announcing when it will bring home two astronauts who have been “stuck” in orbit for more than two months by ongoing technical problems with Boeing’s new Starliner capsule, but admits it still has not figured out exactly how.
The space agency’s latest update on the troubled test mission on Wednesday revealed that managers were expecting to make a final decision either late next week or early the week after that, after ground engineers complete an evaluation of Starliner’s glitchy propulsion system.
About Author
More Stories
Microsoft unveils chip it says could bring quantum computing within years
Ex-US security officials urge funding for science research to keep up with China
Virologist Wendy Barclay: ‘Wild avian viruses are mixing up their genetics all the time. It’s like viral sex on steroids’