NASA has just provided an update on the situation of Boeing’s Starliner astronauts who have been stranded on the International Space Station for quite some time, and there is no good news on the matter.
It was expected that the POT He had already offered in his last press conference a date for the return of both astronauts to Earth, but basically remain on the same line of information in recent weeks, so it seems that not much progress has been made in this regard.
Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams traveled into orbit in Boeing’s spacecraft after years of delays on June 5, and were scheduled to remain in orbit for a week.
Now, after almost two months, are anchored to the International Space Stationand although there is no apparent danger, this delay in their return to Earth could affect future missions of the organization.
NASA continues to insist that they are completing phases, completing various tests, but curiously they are unable to give a return date yet.
“We don’t have any major announcements today regarding a return date,” said Steve Stich, director of NASA’s commercial crew program, said at a press conference on July 25. “We’re making great progress, but we’re not ready to go yet.”
As previously reported, NASA officials believe the Boeing spacecraft has enough fuel to remain in orbit until mid-August. They have not ruled out conducting a test firing of the spacecraft as early as next week.
NASA is working on several contingency plans
NASA stresses that the spacecraft and astronauts are completely safe, and that the return has been delayed all this time so that scientists can recover as much data as possible about the faulty thrusters before they are discarded and burn up upon return.
“The last few weeks have been really helpful in understanding the propellant and helium anomalies and how to address these issues for future flights,” said Mark Nappi, a Boeing vice president and manager of the company’s commercial crew program. “That’s been the real focus here.”
NASA is considering several contingency plans involving SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, though the current focus is on using the Starliner spacecraft for the return.
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