Starliner astronauts' return to Earth delayed until March - WCCB Charlotte's CW

By Lauren McDonald

Starliner astronauts' return to Earth delayed until March - WCCB Charlotte's CW

CHARLOTTE, N.C.- Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore will spend the winter holidays in space. Now, they're just hoping to get home before Easter. NASA announced Tuesday it's delaying its crew-ten launch until at least late March. It was previously scheduled for February. Part of the mission's goal is to transport a Dragon Spacecraft to the International Space Station that will bring the pair home. Williams and Wilmore have been stuck on the I.S.S. since June. It was a stay that was supposed to last a week but a problem with the Boeing Starliner that was supposed to take them home has caused the unplanned, months-long delay. Uncrewed space craft routinely bring supplies to the scientists living on the I.S.S.

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