logo
welcome
Gizmodo

Gizmodo

Boeing's Stranded Astronauts Will Have to Stay on the ISS for Even Longer

Gizmodo
Summary
Nutrition label

81% Informative

NASA has delayed the launch of a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, designated as the Starliner astronauts’ ride home.

The new Dragon spacecraft will arrive at SpaceX’s processing facility in Florida in early January .

The crew capsule remained docked to the ISS for months while NASA and Boeing debated whether or not Starliner is fit to return the astronauts to Earth safely.

NASA had hoped that Starliner would launch its first operational mission by early next year .