Article 6Q7B8 Nasa says astronauts stuck in orbit to return with SpaceX crew in February, not on Boeing Starliner

Nasa says astronauts stuck in orbit to return with SpaceX crew in February, not on Boeing Starliner

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Maya Yang
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Sunita Suni' Williams and Barry Butch' Wilmore have been on the International Space Station since 6 June

Nasa has decided that the two astronauts currently stuck on the International Space Station will return next February on a SpaceX-crewed Dragon flight where two seats have been made available for Sunita Suni" Williams and Barry Butch" Wilmore.

Space agency officials said there was too much uncertainty" for the astronauts to return on the craft that brought them to the space station, Boeing's Starliner, which has had problems after the capsule sprang small leaks and some of its thrusters failed.

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