The Starliner remains docked at the ISS, with some saying it might not be safe to return with its crew.
astronauts piloting the first crewed test flight of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft — have now been in space for 63 days, roughly seven weeks longer than initially expected.
But Boeing and NASA teams are still working on a potential return date for the mission that launched June 5, as officials evaluate testing data and conduct analyses about the propulsion issues and helium leaks that hampered the first leg of the Starliner capsule's flight. Neither Boeing nor SpaceX officials were available for comment during the overnight briefing. Boeing maintains that, in its view, Starliner is safe for the astronauts' return, according to a Friday statement from Boeing.Officials said they had several return scenarios they are considering if Starliner is deemed unsafe to bring Williams and Wilmore home.
In that case, Starliner would be left to fly home empty. And NASA would then have to decide whether the data the mission gathered on this flight is enough to give the space agency the confidence to officially certify Starliner to make routine trips to orbit."We haven't approved this this plan," Stich said.
"This adjustment allows more time for mission managers to finalise return planning for the agency's Boeing Crew Flight Test," NASA said in a Tuesday news release. If Starliner is made to fly home empty, for example, the spacecraft will require a software update to configure the vehicle for an autonomous flight home. That would essentially revert the Starliner's computers to run on code the company originally wrote for a 2022 uncrewed test flight — and NASA and Boeing haven't revisited such software changes in a couple years, according to Stich.
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