Science & Technology

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is returning home empty | TechCrunch Minute

Two astronauts who were supposed to be up there for about eight days are probably going to be in space for eight months due to a series of technical issues. Veteran astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams sailed away on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft for a test flight to the International Space Station in June, but…

Published

on

Two astronauts who were supposed to be up there for about eight days are probably going to be in space for eight months due to a series of technical issues. Veteran astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams sailed away on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft for a test flight to the International Space Station in June, but NASA has decided to send the Starliner back to Earth empty. Now Whitmore and Williams will leave the ISS in February on SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft as part of the Crew-9 mission.

This episode of the Techcrunch Minute is sponsored by Aerospace.

Subscribe for more on YouTube:

Follow TechCrunch on Instagram:
TikTok:
X:
Facebook:

Read more:

8 Comments

  1. @despoticmusic

    August 27, 2024 at 12:24 pm

    But on the plus side, the whole venture was a DEI success…. 😂😂😂

  2. @Toxic_Shihab

    August 27, 2024 at 12:40 pm

    ❤❤❤

  3. @EmmlynAmblavany

    August 27, 2024 at 2:16 pm

    God have mercy.

  4. @gigir8501

    August 27, 2024 at 3:30 pm

    You found a way to get them out there. Find a way to bring them back. Maybe Russia can figure it out.

    • @Jogeta5

      August 28, 2024 at 7:26 am

      They are coming back on Crew Dragon.

  5. @Quietstorm3333

    August 27, 2024 at 8:30 pm

    Fake news fake space actors everything is a lie and scam

  6. @ScarletPrincessaWales

    August 28, 2024 at 1:27 am

    They will be back with spaceX spacecraft.. no need to wait until feb 2025

  7. @stegmoyer

    August 30, 2024 at 2:11 pm

    They should do a TV show about this……Call it Gilligan’s Astronauts…..sponsored by NASA and Boeing!

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Trending

Exit mobile version