From the New York Post, July 25:
Two astronauts stranded in space for 49 days — 41 days longer than their planned mission — because their Boeing-built ride home is full of leaks will have to spend at least a few more weeks aboard the International Space Station, officials said Thursday.
Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were meant to spend just eight days in space following their launch aboard the Boeing Starliner — the maiden crewed voyage for the spacecraft.
Once in space, astronauts found a series of concerning helium leaks and have been testing whether the ship can be used to return them to Earth.
Now they’re expected to stay in orbit until sometime in August, Steve Stich, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program manager, told reporters....
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Probably not related:
Statement for President Nixon to Read in Case the Astronauts Were Stranded on the Moon, July 18, 1969
Previously on Boeing's Starliner
June 26: SpaceX May Have To Rescue Astronauts Stranded By Boeing Starliner Failures
June 28: NASA and Boeing deny Starliner crew is ‘stranded’: “We’re not in any rush to come home”
July 12: "Failed Thrusters, Helium Leaks, and a Hard Deadline: Inside NASA’s Decision to Keep Boeing’s Starliner At the ISS" (BA)
