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We’ve been told multiple times over the past several weeks by both NASA and Boeing that a decision about when and how stranded astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will be attempting to return to Earth was «coming soon.» Well, «soon» has come and gone, and we apparently still don’t know much more than we did at the beginning of July. The latest announcement from NASA certainly sounds as if they are leaning heavily toward having Elon Musk bring them home on a Dragon Heavy rocket (assuming they can clear the crippled Starliner from the docking port) but now they’ve run into yet another problem. Butch and Suni are wearing Boeing suits that are only compatible with the Starliner. They aren’t compatible with the Dragon Heavy. Meanwhile, nobody can dock with the ISS unless they get the Starliner out of the way. (NY Post)
Two astronauts stranded at the International Space Station after their Boeing spacecraft malfunctioned could be there much longer than anticipated because of an incompatibility with their spacesuits.
NASA told Fox News Digital their Boeing spacesuits are made to work with the company’s spacecraft, while SpaceX’s spacesuits are made to work with its own Dragon vessel, which NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams may ride in on their descent back to Earth.
