Two astronauts stranded in house for greater than 60 days might need to hold orbiting the Earth till early 2025 … as a result of their Boeing spacecraft seems unable to carry them residence.
NASA is now saying Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams might should be rescued from the Worldwide Area Station by a spacecraft from a rival firm … Elon Musk‘s SpaceX.
The pair took a Boeing Starline spacecraft to the ISS in June however the maiden voyage has been a catastrophe … with helium leaks and thruster failures stopping them from taking the spaceship residence.
Butch and Suni have been solely purported to be on the ISS for per week … nevertheless it’s wanting more and more possible they are going to be up there till someday subsequent yr.
NASA says the astronauts might have to return again on the SpaceX Dragon Crew-9 mission … the spacecraft will not launch till September and would not have the ability to carry Butch and Suni residence till February.
This new plan has not been set in stone but … there are many events concerned right here, and a Boeing crew coming again on a SpaceX mission could be an enormous embarrassment for Boeing.
For now, Butch and Suni stay on the ISS … serving to different astronauts with duties.
The clock is ticking although, as a result of they’re inflicting additional pressure on ISS provides.
