Two astronauts are staying at the international space station longer than they planned while engineers work out some issues with their Boeing Starliner capsule. This, as NASA scrubs Monday's spacewalk due to a spacesuit coolant leak.
longer than planned believe Boeing will get the pair back to Earth safely even as the troubled company’s space capsule has faced a string of problems.
Williams and Wilmore were the first people to ride in the Starliner when they took off in early June, but the problems have ensured they won’t be home any earlier than late July.NASA, Boeing knew Starliner capsule had leak before launch, astronauts stuck at ISS: reports The pair stressed they’ve enjoyed the extra time in orbit and helping the station crew made up of seven other astronauts.
“That mantra you’ve heard, failure is not an option, that’s why we are staying here now,” Wilmore said. Boeing is also expected to plead guilty to criminal fraud charges connected to two deadly crashes of its jetliners that happened in 2018 and 2019.
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