Boeing’s Starliner astronauts to return from space next year, NASA says

Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams [File: NASA/Handout via AFP]

Two NASA astronauts who flew to the International Space Station (ISS) in June aboard Boeing’s faulty Starliner capsule will return to Earth on a SpaceX vehicle early next year, NASA chief Bill Nelson has said.

He told reporters on Saturday that issues with Starliner’s propulsion system are too risky to carry its first crew home.