NASA says astronauts trapped in space will not return to Boeing capsule but will wait for SpaceX spacecraft

NASA said Saturday it will ask SpaceX for assistance in bringing back two astronauts who have been stuck on the International Space Station since early June after their Boeing spacecraft encountered multiple problems during flight.

The decision by astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to return to Earth aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule rather than an orbiting Boeing Starliner spacecraft follows months of speculation within the space agency about when and how the two crew members might return safely. and ended tensions. The mission was scheduled to last approximately eight days.

“Spaceflight is dangerous even in the safest and most routine cases, and test flights are neither inherently safe nor routine,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said during a press conference Saturday. “The decision to return unmanned is the result of our commitment to safety,” he said….(omitted)

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https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/nasa-astronauts-stuck-space-station-will-return-spacex-rcna167164

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