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(NewsNation) — Starliner astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, on with astronaut Nick Hague, volition talk to the media up of their scheduled return.
Wilmore and Williams initially blasted disconnected for what was expected to beryllium a astir two-week ngo connected the International Space Station.
However, Boeing's Starliner capsule experienced aggregate issues connected the journey, including galore helium leaks successful the work capsule and trouble with thrusters erstwhile docking.
After evaluation, NASA determined it was unsafe for Starliner to marque a crewed return. The capsule made an autonomous journey backmost to Earth, with Wilmore and Williams embarking connected an extended enactment connected ISS.
The brace person pushed backmost against media and governmental characterizations that they are "stranded," saying they are enjoying the accidental to walk galore months connected the ISS.
The 2 are scheduled to instrumentality with NASA's Crew-9 mission, presently estimated to instrumentality astatine the extremity of March.
President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk person attempted to instrumentality credit for returning the astronauts connected a SpaceX capsule, but NASA began making plans to usage a SpaceX conveyance for the instrumentality past fall.
Crew-10 could motorboat arsenic aboriginal arsenic Mar. 12. Once it docks, determination volition beryllium a little handover play and past Wilmore and Williams volition instrumentality with the Crew-9 ngo crew.
