{"id":786357,"date":"2024-07-25T15:40:53","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T20:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=786357"},"modified":"2024-07-25T15:40:53","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T20:40:53","slug":"nasa-still-doesnt-know-when-two-astronauts-will-be-able-to-come-home-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=786357","title":{"rendered":"NASA still doesn’t know when two astronauts will be able to come home : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams inside the vestibule between the forward port on the International Space Station\u2019s Harmony module and the Starliner spacecraft \n <\/p>\n
NASA still doesn\u2019t know when a pair of astronauts could return to Earth in Boeing\u2019s Starliner spacecraft, but officials say they\u2019ve made progress in understanding the glitches that bedeviled the new vehicle\u2019s first test flight with a crew on board.<\/p>\n
After Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore blasted off into orbit in early June, five of the spacecraft\u2019s 28 reaction control system thrusters inexplicably shut themselves down just before the capsule was about to dock with the International Space Station.<\/p>\n
Eventually, four of the five were brought back online, and Starliner did dock with the station. But before trying to bring the astronauts back to Earth, NASA officials want to better understand what\u2019s going on.<\/p>\n