NASA’s Crew-10 mission lifts off as the Starliner astronauts prepare to come home
The Boeing Starliner spacecraft successfully completed its uncrewed flight back to Earth, NASA announced overnight. The return ended the Starliner’s most recent flight test months later than intended and leaves its original crew, NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Suni Williams, aboard the International Space Station until next year.
Boeing Starliner astronauts preparing to return home after extended stay on space station
The Crew-9 mission, consisting of NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, is set to return to Earth after a brief handover period with the newly arrived Crew-10 expedition crew, pending weather conditions at the splashdown sites off the coast of Florida.
Despite political controversy surrounding their return, Wilmore emphasized their preparedness for extended stays in space.
A SpaceX capsule docked at the International Space Station, bringing a replacement crew for Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore to return home after an unexpectedly long stay in orbit.
A SpaceX crew capsule successfully delivered replacements for NASA astronauts at the International Space Station. The new ...
On the international space station the crew of Space X - While Boeing had invested huge resources, NASA left the Starliner & ...
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