Boeing to fly empty capsule back to Earth soon, 2 astronauts to stay behind

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NASA's Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will close the hatches between Starliner and the space station on Thursday.

Boeing conducted extensive thruster tests in space and on the ground, and contended the capsule could safely bring the astronauts back.

The stuck astronauts — retired Navy captains — have lived on the space station before and settled in just fine, according to NASA officials.

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Published On: 2024-09-05 @ 08:13:18 (8 hours ago)

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