2024-08-26 16:53:35
DISTRIBUTION – NASA would not take the risk of bringing Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, both “strong” on the ISS, back aboard the Starliner.
NASA’s decision fell on Saturday. The two American astronauts « block » on board the International Station (ISS) from May will not return to Earth in the Boeing capsule with which they arrived last June. Butch Wilmore, 61, 61, and Suni Williams, 59, will finally be integrated into the crew cycle and will not return until 2025, in a SpaceX Dragon capsule, after eight months spent on board, instead of the eight days we decide first!
This epilogue is a big setback for Boeing, which has already been stuck for months in the dark series with its planes. Despite all their efforts, the company’s engineers were unable to remove NASA’s doubts about the reliability of the launch system of their Starliner capsule. As a reminder, helium leaks are recorded, first before liftoff, then several hours after entering orbit.
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