SpaceX will bring Boeing’s Starliner astronauts home from the International Space Station
NASA Space Technology SpaceX will bring home the two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station for the last two months because of troubles with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, NASA announced Saturday.NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said the decision, which followed a formal review conducted Saturday, was driven by the agency’s commitment to safety, especially after the loss of 14 astronauts in the 1986 Challenger explosion and the 2003 Columbia disaster on its return to Earth.“This whole discussion, remember, is put in the context of we have had mistakes done in the past,” Nelson said at a news conference at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. “Spaceflight is risky, even at its safest and even at its most routine. And a test flight by nature is neither safe nor routine.”The decision by NASA to bring home...
