Boeing hasn't been having the best of luck this year. Two Astronauts stuck in space because of mechanical failures on a Boeing spacecraft, only adds to the pile of blunders. But how did this happen? and what are the astronauts going to do now?
Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been on an unexpectedly monthslong assignment after serving on Boeing’s Starliner crewed test flight, are conducting a spacewalk Thursday. The duo is venturing outside the International Space Station to remove degraded radio communications hardware.
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"NASA and SpaceX are expeditiously working to safely return the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore as soon as practical, while also preparing for the launch of Crew-10 to complete a handover between expeditions," Cheryl Warner, NASA's news chief at the agency's headquarters, said in a statement to reporters.
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Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are conducting a spacewalk outside the International Space Station to remove degraded hardware and swab for microorganisms.
Commander Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore removed a broken antenna and wiped the station’s exterior for evidence of any microbes that might still be alive after launching from Earth and escaping