Boeing and NASA announced Friday night that mission officials are again delaying the Boeing Starliner capsule’s return to Earth from the International Space Station. Officials have pushed back Starliner’s departure date several times after the vehicle — which had launched astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the space station on June 5 — experienced some issues en route to the space station. Officials did not immediately announce a new return date, but the space agency indicated the return of Starliner’s inaugural crew won’t come until July. The schedule change also accommodates two upcoming spacewalks that astronauts plan to conduct outside the space station. The latter of those two spacewalks is slated for July 2, indicating Starliner’s return won’t occur before then.

Source: CNN June 22, 2024 09:17 UTC