Two astronauts stranded in house for greater than 60 days could must preserve orbiting the Earth till early 2025 … as a result of their Boeing spacecraft seems unable to convey them house.
NASA is now saying Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams could have to be rescued from the Worldwide House 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 house.
Butch and Suni have been solely presupposed to be on the ISS for every week … nevertheless it’s wanting more and more possible they are going to be up there till someday subsequent yr.
NASA says the astronauts may have to come back again on the SpaceX Dragon Crew-9 mission … the spacecraft will not launch till September and would not be capable of convey Butch and Suni house 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 further pressure on ISS provides.
