Boeing Starliner astronauts stranded in space for 80 days will not return home until 2025: NASA

The two Boeing Starliner astronauts who have been stranded in space for 80 days will stay for another six months, NASA officials announced Saturday.

Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are now expected to return to Earth in February, while the Starliner will be brought back unmanned.

Veteran astronauts Wilmore and Williams launched aboard Boeing’s Starliner back on June 5 — the maiden crewed voyage for the spacecraft — for what was supposed to be an eight-day mission docked to the International Space Station.

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[Scooterdude]

I hope there getting triple overtime, tax free. Paid personally by the CEOs of Boeing

[DonnellOkafor-rd]

What an awful situation to be stuck somewhere and have no control over it.

[MattttG]

0:20 *hilariously SpaceX just launched the first all civilian crew into orbit days ago, quite safe if done with employees of company that are hired solely on their actual intelligence and ability rather than checking off the right boxes for fairy tale land*

[catsaretasty]

😂might as well start a family in space, 😂

[youngking]

How far away they say is the moon again...?

[leskobrandon]

Their suits aren't compatible with the rescue ship so they probably won't be returning at all.

[politicalfoolishness]

What will they run out of though? Toilet paper, food, water, oxygen, etc?

[Fellowrser]

Can someone tell me what we gain by having people in space I'm genuinely curious what advancements we've had as a species due specifically to having bodies in space

[jaytc]

Boeing senior executive management needs to pack up their stuff and be escorted off the premises. But that’s not gonna happen. They’ll all continue to get their fat paychecks and bonuses whether the company performs well or not.

[johnq.public]

Lost in Space. "Danger...danger Will Robinson....danger!!!"

[JamesOberg]

What about the congressional committee on space program oversight, that was supposed to enforce quality control on NASA and its contractors? They were the ultimate authority. Why did they approve NASA/Boeing's preparatory testing? Who the heck was their chairperson, anyway?

[factsoverfear]

Take a space camera zoom into earth and near the equator show ppl or buildings standing sideways . They cannot because earth isn’t a basketball 💡

[ǾœœǾ]

Humiliating for Boeing and NASA to say the least.

[hoosierflatty]

How have you not figured out that space is fake yet?

[teresabrooks]

⚡️🇺🇸Unless Musk comes to the S O S🇺🇸⚡️

[faithhopelove]

Yea right. 😂 Probably stuck in a closet on a movie set.

[whitelotus]

Are they allowed to shack up while they wait?

[chrysopylaedesign]

This is absolutely the best decision for the Astronauts. Ultimately, Starliner did not perform as it was designed/engineered. That said, the level of acceptable risk from Starliner's performance is so RADICALLY HIGH for a Crewed Mission (we're talking about fractions of a percentage off of perfect); that Starliner would still have "probably" been fine & returned the astronauts back safely. BUT, "probably" is not acceptable in HUMAN spaceflight. If it was a Cargo Mission, NASA would have returned Starliner back to Earth w/out any second thoughts.

[jackdorseysdisappointedfather]

Almost like you should just leave it up to NASA and Elon Musk.😑🤦‍♂️

[eddiekulp]

Why don't they wear SpaceX suits coming back? No explains why they can't