Astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams are stuck on the International Space Station, waiting to learn when they'll be able to return to Earth.
The test flight was expected to last a week or so, but NASA test pilots Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been at the space station for 3 weeks and counting.will stay longer at the International Space Station as engineers troubleshoot problems on Boeing’s new space capsule that cropped up on the trip there.
for the orbiting laboratory on June 5. It was the first astronaut launch for Boeing after years of delays and setbacks.was expected to last a week or so, enough time for Wilmore and Williams to check out the capsule while docked at the station. But , used to maneuver the spacecraft, prompted NASA and Boeing to delay the flight home several times while they analyzed the trouble.
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