Boeing’s Starliner blasts off on first crewed flight into orbit
could have 'the bones of an 80-year-old when they landButch Wilmore, 61, and Suni Williams, 58, flew to the ISS for an eight-day mission but will be unlikely to return toTheir short mission has now been unexpectedly extended to up to eight months, with a potential return date in 2025.UK's next ISS astronaut set on epic Mars voyage as Musk plans Red Planet colony
Expeditions to the ISS typically last around six months, but sometimes astronauts will be sent there for shorter missions. During a briefing on Wednesday, Nasa officials said no return flight had been confirmed, but that Starliner would be their emergency plan B.Nasa astronaut Kayla Barron is helped out of the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft after a splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico in May 2022The life-altering effects of space don't stop at bone loss, Zagrodzky, 55, warned, as fractures and breakages can lead to other ailments.
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