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Two Nasa astronauts who’ve been caught in area for over two months will return to Earth in a SpaceX capsule.
The American area company stated Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore – who’re on the International Space Station (ISS) – wouldn’t return to Earth till February 2025.
It stated the Boeing Starliner spacecraft they went into area on would return to Earth un-crewed.
The pair took off on what was deliberate to be an eight-day mission on 5 June however will now spend round eight months in orbit.
The Starliner skilled issues on its method to the ISS.
There had been leaks of helium, which pushes gas into the propulsion system, and a number of other of its thrusters didn’t work correctly.
Since then, engineers at Boeing and Nasa have spent months attempting to grasp these technical points.
Boeing and SpaceX had been each awarded billion-dollar contracts by Nasa to supply business area flights for its astronauts. Boeing’s was price $4.2bn (£3.18bn) whereas SpaceX acquired $2.6bn.
While SpaceX has already flown a number of crewed missions to the ISS, this was the primary take a look at flight for Boeing’s Starliner with astronauts on board.
