Turns out that many details about the #Starliner troubles before docking to the ISS last year 'revealed' in the much-cited article "Starliner’s flight to the space station was far wilder than most of us thought" - https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/04/the-harrowing-story-of-what-flying-starliner-was-like-when-its-thrusters-failed/ - had been discussed already at a press conference last June: https://x.com/KenKirtland17/status/1907236959417999769 - only how dangerous the situation for the astronauts actually was may not have been conveyed properly back then.

Starliner’s flight to the space station was far wilder than most of us thought.

@ArsTechnica interviews NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams about the dicey docking: https://flip.it/ULXi0A

I'm constantly amazed by test pilots and how much they put on the line. They were a hair away from not getting home, and NASA being in front of Congress for years.

Starliner’s flight to the space station was far wilder than most of us thought | Arstechnica

#space #starliner #boeing

https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/04/the-harrowing-story-of-what-flying-starliner-was-like-when-its-thrusters-failed/

WOW! What a great read. The #astronauts from the #Starliner tell us what the flight to the ISS was like.

https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/04/the-harrowing-story-of-what-flying-starliner-was-like-when-its-thrusters-failed/

Gestrandete ISS-Astronauten: "Das Leben geht nicht immer geradeaus"

Acht Tage lang sollten sie ins All fliegen, neun Monate sind es geworden. Sunita Williams und Butch Wilmore sind vor zwei Wochen auf die Erde zurückgekehrt, nun haben die Astronauten ihr erstes Interview gegeben. Von S. Jackisch.

https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/amerika/gestrandete-iss-astronauten-erstes-interview-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

Hackaday Links: March 23, 2025 - What a long, strange trip it’s been for NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Bruce Wi... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/23/hackaday-links-march-23-2025/ #hackadaycolumns #retrocomputing #hackadaylinks #astronauts #chatgpt-4o #starliner #chatbot #surplus #vivaldi #dragon #atari #meme #nasa #esa #iss #llm

[06:20] NASA astronauts return to Earth after drawn-out mission

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule with a soft splashdown off Florida's coast, nine months after their faulty Boeing Starliner craft upended what was to be a week-long stay on the International Space Station.

https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2025/0319/1502802-spacex-iss/

#NASA #ButchWilmore #SuniWilliams #Earth #Florida #ninemonths #Boeing #Starliner #theInternationalSpaceStation

NASA’s two stuck astronauts may return to Earth sooner under new plan.

@AssociatedPress reports Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams "should have returned in June on Boeing’s Starliner capsule after what should have been a weeklong flight demo."

https://flip.it/1er_Hp

#Boeing has now lost $2B on #Starliner, but still silent on future plans - https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/02/boeing-has-now-lost-2b-on-starliner-but-still-silent-on-future-plans/ " Like SpaceX, Boeing's contract, now worth up to $4.6 billion, is structured as a fixed-price deal, meaning the contractor is on the hook to pay for cost overruns"

Trump Requests Early Return of Starliner Astronauts via SpaceX Dragon

https://spaceflightnow.com/2025/01/28/musk-president-trump-calls-for-fast-track-return-to-earth-of-the-former-starliner-astronauts/
More: https://hype.aero/coverage/boeing/?story=55e280f0-ac8b-4478-83d8-2fc24dde5e63
#elonmusk #starliner #spacex #space

This is not normally a place to comment on the insane sh*t coming from #Elon M. (there is too much of it, increasingly disgusting, anyway) - but a completely stupid statement about the #Starliner refugees on the #ISS warrants a detailled rebuttal ... which https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/01/why-did-elon-musk-just-say-trump-wants-to-bring-two-stranded-astronauts-home/ has just provided.

What is happening with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft?

From @ArsTechnica: "Among the options NASA and Boeing are considering: A Starliner cargo flight."

https://flip.it/B5mQgG