The return to Earth of the first manned mission of the nave Starlinerfrom the company Boeing, still lacks a date after several delays due to helium leaks, which increases speculation about other options for the return of the two NASA astronauts.
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The specialized media speak of amission “stranded”, “trapped”, of the possibility that there may be a change of mission to a rescue mission, and the idea that it may be a SpaceX Dragon capsule the alternative to returning the two astronauts, which would be embarrassing for Boeing.
Starliner departed Florida on June 5 for the International Space Station (ISS) for a one-week stay, returning on June 14, but technical problems have kept its return in suspense.
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The astronauts Barry ‘Butch’ Wilmore and Sunita ‘Suni’ Williams This Wednesday they will complete twenty days in the space laboratory, where according to NASA they can stay for several weeks and use the time for the federal agency’s research.
However, NASA’s silence on the matter in recent days and the lack of even a tentative date for Starliner’s return has triggered all kinds of hypothesis.
Boeing, which has also been relatively silent recently on Starliner, is also in the eye of the storm due to a cascade of technical problems with its commercial aircraft that have caused serious damage to its reputation.
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In addition, in recent days federal prosecutors have recommended that the Department of Justice take action against the company for failing to comply with an agreement reached in 2021 to compensate the families of the victims of two plane crashes in 2018 and 2019which caused the death of 346 passengers.
To a question from EFE about the possible return dates of the Starliner spacecraft made to a NASA spokesperson, the response was a communication from last Friday that the federal agency put in the social networks.
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In that statement, however, he maintained the return date for this Wednesday, with no other options, despite the fact that specialized media reported another delay.
“NASA and Boeing leaders are preparing for the June 26 return to Earth of the mission Crew Flight Test with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams from the International Space Station,” Friday’s statement said.
He added: “This adjustment eliminates conflicts from a series of spacewalks while allowing mission teams time to review propulsion system data and evaluate any additional testing opportunities.”
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On the other hand, he points out that “mission administrators are evaluating future return opportunities after the two spacewalks planned by the station on June 24 (which was suspended this Monday due to technical problems) and July 2.”
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