Boeing's two Starliner astronauts may learn their fate in the next two weeks — but, for now, NASA still doesn't know when the duo is coming home. So, while the space agency's best and brightest works with Boeing engineers to continue assessing data from ground tests of Starliner's systems, the spacecraft's crew, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, will remain aboard the International Space Station (ISS) for now.
Wilmore and Williams launched to the ISS aboard Starliner for the spacecraft's Crew Flight Test (CFT) on June 5. Their mission, to complete the first crewed shakedown cruise of Boeing's commercial crew vehicle, was initially only intended to last about 10 days, but now may be extended up to eight months, putting a potential return date in 2025.
