The astronauts initially had to return to the Boeing Starliner ship in June 2024, but the task was faced with technical problems. Starliner had problems with engines, which led to a long research of NASA and Boeing. As a result, the agency decided to return the ship to Earth without a crew.
Now NASA plans to return to Wilmore and Williams at the end of March or at the beginning of April. However, after the explanation, it remains unclear whether mask returns will accelerate.
To change the crew, NASA launched the SpaceX Crew-9 mission with two crew members instead of standard four. The crew came to ISS in September 9, and the Crew Dragon freedom ship was seized with the station where Boeing astronauts should return.
The return of the Boeing crew was postponed due to problems with the Dragon ship of the next mission crew-10 crew. This has been postponed several times, the last new capsule and launch in SpaceX Arsenal, until March for the last time.
Musk did not state whether SpaceX had planned a special task to evacuate astronauts, or that they would return to the freedom of the crew, as planned. Currently, the crew-9 ISS is connected to ISS and the Dragon cargo ship returned to Earth in December.
Source: Ferra
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