Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams should be returning but are staying in space after NASA decided not to risk having them on board after the Boeing capsule suffered thruster failures and helium leaks on its way into space.
The Starliner space capsule which developed faults as it transported two
decided it would not risk having them on board as planned. The capsule suffered thruster failures and helium leaks on its way to the station in June, leaving the US space agency's bosses to decide whether to bring the pair home or leave them in space. worth more than $4bn a decade ago, to take astronauts to and from space. Its first test flight with no one aboard in 2019 ran into so many problems it had to repeat it in 2022, when even more flaws cropped up, and the cost of repairs topped $1bn . In contrast, SpaceX's crew ferry flight later this month will be its 10th for
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