Fresh blow to NASA astronauts stranded on space station in rescue mission update– www.mirror.co.uk
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The space experts judged a flight home on the Starliner, which experienced thruster failures and helium leaks, would be too risky to carry out. NASA have now told the pair that Mr Wilmore and Ms Williams can only make their return journey after a new crew have arrived and taken over from the original crew on board.
The space agency says they will leave only after the “handover period”, to allow lessons to be shared with the new crew adding it will lead to “a better transition for ongoing science and maintenance at the complex”. Earlier it had said that the stranded astronauts were expected to return by the end of February, but the latest change means their replacements will lift off for the space station “no earlier than late March 2025”.
