Starliner astronauts won't return home until at least March after latest NASA delay
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- Dec 18, 2024
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The astronauts who are part of a SpaceX mission known as Crew-10 are now slated to launch no earlier than late March.
Once the fresh crew has arrived at the space station, the Crew-9 team that includes Wilmore and Williams will finally be able to depart.
The delay is the latest setback for a mission that encountered issues even before it managed to take off in June following two launch scrubs.
NASA's Starliner astronauts have had their homecoming delayed yet again.
Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore weren't supposed to be at the International Space Station beyond a few days in June when they reached the orbital outpost on the inaugural flight test for Boeing's Starliner spacecraft. But their return was delayed multiple times until NASA finally decided in August that the safest route would be to send the pair back to Earth on a SpaceX Dragon vehicle in February.
Now, the veteran astronauts will be spending at least another month in orbit after NASA announced a delay Tuesday in launching the mission whose crew will replace them.
The astronauts who are part of a SpaceX mission known as Crew-10 are now slated to launch no earlier than late March. Once the fresh crew has arrived at the space station, the Crew-9 team that includes Wilmore and Williams will finally be able to depart.
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