Why NASA and Boeing Are Being So Careful to Bring the Starliner Astronauts Home NYT: Science Kenneth Chang 28 June 2024 at 18:41 Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will spend additional weeks in orbit as teams on the ground study malfunctioning thrusters on the Starliner spacecraft. Β© NASA, via Associated PressThe Starliner spacecraft docked to the Harmony module of the International Space Station, orbiting 262 miles above Egyptβs Mediterranean coast on June 13.
Boeingβs Starliner Overcomes Malfunctioning Thrusters to Dock at Space Station NYT: Science Kenneth Chang 6 June 2024 at 16:00 Two NASA astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, opened the hatch of the spacecraft and boarded the outpost in orbit. Β© NASA JohnsonThe Boeing Starliner capsule en route to docking with the International Space Station on Thursday.
Meet Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, the NASA Astronauts Riding on Boeingβs Starliner NYT: Science Kenneth Chang 2 June 2024 at 10:32 Β© Cristobal Herrera-Ulashkevich/EPA, via ShutterstockThe astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams on their way to the Starliner spacecraft on May 6, before the launch was called off.