A pair of astronauts who launched aboard Boeing's Starliner spacecraft in June for a 10-day trip to the International Space Station (ISS) will now spend at least nine months in space, after NASA announced yet another delay to their return flight.
NASA said in a blog post Tuesday (Dec. 17) that the next crew swap to the ISS will happen no earlier than late March 2025. The Crew-10 mission will launch four crew members to the space station. It was originally scheduled for February, but NASA and SpaceX have delayed the launch in order to complete a new Dragon spacecraft for the mission. The Dragon spacecraft is the private spaceflight company's crewed vehicle that can carry up to seven astronauts at a time into low-earth orbit.
