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Officials from the aerospace company and NASA announced on Tuesday that the spacecraft is now not expected to return until at least June 26 .
It had originally been scheduled to return on June 14 , and was last week delayed through June 22 .
The officials say they are spending the extra time to investigate five helium leaks in the propeller system as well as issues with several thrusters that are used to maneuver the spaceship.
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams would have spent about 20 days in space - more than double the roughly eight days they had originally planned for.
The crew has at least four months of reserves for food and other consumable items, NASA officials have said.
Officials say there is no reason to believe the Starliner won't be able to bring the astronauts back home.
The helium leaks and thruster issues occurred on a part of the craft that is not intended to survive the trip home from space.
The company is under contract with NASA to conduct six more crewed flights to the space station.
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