NASA is holding a press conference Saturday, August 24, to announce a decision on how to bring home two astronauts who have been stuck on the International Space Station.
After been more than two months since the Boeing Starliner launched on what was supposed to be a one-week mission. Following both helium leaks and problems with the thrusters , the Starliner ’s two test pilots — NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams — have stayed aboard the International Space Station as NASA and Boeing officials assess if and when it will be safe for them to travel back to Earth.
To use a Dragon, the plan would be to send just two new crew members on the next run to the space station, in a mission called Crew-9. These crews are typically made up of four astronauts, but in this case just two new members would travel to the station, and Wilmore and Williams would join them to become Crew-9. They would all then travel home together in February next year.
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