Axios - The two astronauts whose weeklong mission aboard the International Space Station has stretched into its second month could be left in orbit until February...
- Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams left Earth on June 5, flying the first crewed mission for Boeing's Starliner spacecraft. They've been in limbo ever since.
- Technical issues prevented them from coming home as scheduled aboard Starliner, and some NASA officials aren't sure the craft could make a safe return trip.
NASA is now readying plans to send the astronauts home aboard a SpaceX spacecraft next February, agency officials said on a press call today. That would be a tremendous black eye for Boeing, which is already reeling from multiple crises, and it could spell the end of the Starliner program. The big picture: The pair are not in any immediate danger aboard the space station. They're living and working alongside the existing crew. MORE
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