NASA astronauts can’t wear Boeing Starliner spacesuits in SpaceX’s Dragon. Here’s why
NASA Space Technology NASA astronauts Suni Williams (foreground) and Butch Wilmore wearing Boeing spacesuits in the Starliner spacecraft simulator at NASA's Johnson Space Center during emergency training on Nov. 3, 2022.(Image credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz)In the unlikely event a space emergency arises on the space station in the near future, two astronauts will have to ride home without spacesuits.Boeing's Starliner spacecraft is set to depart the International Space Station (ISS) empty no earlier than tomorrow (Sept. 6). It carried NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams up to the ISS and was expected to bring them home in Boeing-made spacesuits. But after Starliner's propulsion system acted up during docking with the ISS June 6, NASA eventually concluded that putting the astronauts on board for a return would be too much of a risk.For a few weeks,...
