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NASA Space Technology NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams walk at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, ahead of Boeing's Starliner-1 Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket to the International Space Station, June 5, 2024. — ReutersNational Aeronautics and Space Administration's (Nasa) on Friday insisted that the first astronauts to fly Boeing's troubled Starliner are not "stranded" at the International Space Station despite no clear timeframe for bringing them home.In an attempt to paint a positive picture after weeks of negative headlines, Nasa’s commercial crew programme manager in a press conference on Friday said, "Butch and Suni are not stranded in space", AFP reported.He added that the pair were "enjoying their time on the space station" and "our plan is to continue to return them on Starliner and return them...

NASA Space Technology NASA announced on Tuesday that astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore will be returning from the International Space Station no earlier than June 26. The pair launched on June 6 in the Boeing Starliner’s first crewed flight and were slated to return after a week, according to CNN. However, NASA has now delayed the return twice to buy time to understand better the issues the spacecraft experienced during its trip to the station.The June 6 launch was already a pushed-back ascent as NASA delayed the Starliner debut mission...