Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams launched aboard a Boeing Starliner capsule from Cape Canaveral on June 5, 2024, intending for an eight-day trip to the International Space Station. However, a malfunction with the thrusters, coupled with helium leaks, led to an extended stay in space that lasted over nine months. As test pilots, they managed their challenging situation to ensure safe docking while engineers on the ground struggled to diagnose the root cause of the malfunctions, raising significant concerns about the reliability of the Starliner system going forward.
They got to orbit safely. All is well, except the next day, as they're going into dock with the International Space Station as planned, the thrusters start to fail.
Butch and Suni became the first astronauts to strap into a Boeing Starliner capsule and be launched into space... Here we are, more than nine months later.
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