NO DATE SET FOR BOEING CST 100 STARLINER RETURN TO EARTH

Hey Space Placers!

The Starliner spacecraft on NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test approaches the International Space Station while orbiting 263 miles above Quebec, Canada, on June 6.

NASA

Today during a media teleconference NASA announced that there is no return date set for the Boeing CST-100 Strainer spacecraft. Testing continues to determine more about the helium leaks in the thrusters located in the service module. It is expected that the end of July will be the return date.

It will remain docked and the two astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, will remain on the station for as long as it takes to determine it is safe for them to return to Earth.

The entire teleconference can be seen here.

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