SpaceX will instead bring Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore back in late February, stretching their original eight-day mission to more than eight months.
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00:00Boeing�s new astronaut capsule has departed the International Space Station without its
00:07crew on board.
00:09NASA�s two test pilots Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore have stayed behind on the ISS.
00:15That�s after NASA logged a range of problems with Boeing�s Starliner capsule from thruster
00:21failures to helium leaks.
00:24The space agency decided it was too risky to let Williams and Wilmore use the craft
00:29to return to Earth.
00:32SpaceX will instead bring the duo back in late February, stretching their original eight-day
00:36mission to more than eight months.
00:40NASA said earlier this week that teams have been so focused on Starliner�s return that
00:44they�ve had no time to think about what happens next for Boeing.
00:49But the space agency said it�s committed to having two competing U.S. companies transporting
00:54astronauts.