The astronauts’ test mission has been drawn out beyond the eight days expected by issues on Starliner’s propulsion system that put in doubt the spacecraft’s ability to safely return them to Earth
Starliner could return on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon in February 2025 instead if Starliner is still deemed unsafe to return to Earth.
Thruster failures during Starliner’s initial approach to the ISS in June and several leaks of helium – used to pressurize those thrusters – have set Boeing off on a testing campaign to understand the cause and propose fixes to NASA, which has the final say. Early Tuesday morning, NASA, using a SpaceX rocket and a Northrop Grumman capsule, delivered a routine shipment of food and supplies to the station, including extra clothes for Wilmore and Williams.
A meeting this week of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, which oversees Starliner, ended with some officials disagreeing with a plan to accept Boeing’s testing data and use Starliner to bring the astronauts home, officials said during a news conference.“We heard from a lot of folks that had concerns, and the decision was not clear,” Ken Bowersox, NASA’s space operations chief, added.
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