The return of the Starliner vehicle has been postponed indefinitely
NASA and Boeing have decided to postpone the return of the CST-100 Starliner manned spacecraft to Earth indefinitely.
NASA indicates in its statement that the agency's experts and Boeing are working to adjust the date for the return of the manned Starliner vehicle to Earth.
It should be noted that the Starliner spacecraft was launched on June 5, and after several attempts it docked with the International Space Station. The spacecraft was initially scheduled to return to Earth on June 18 with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams on board, but for technical reasons it was later decided to postpone its return to June 26, 2024, and now it has been decided to postpone its return indefinitely.
Despite these ongoing setbacks, NASA remains committed to making “Starliner” an ideal spacecraft capable of completing space missions alongside SpaceX’s “Dragon” vehicle, which has also entered the field of human spaceflight successfully since 2020.
Source: TASS