The Debrief: Starliner Astronauts’ Saga Coming To An End

Suni and Butch in space

NASA astronauts Suni Williams (left) and Butch Wilmore perform maintenance work on the ISS' Plant Water Management system.

Credit: NASA
To be clear, the NASA astronauts who launched into orbit aboard a Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft always had a ride home, so calling them “stranded” in space is a misnomer at best, if not a blatant disregard of fact. The CEO of SpaceX—NASA’s top commercial contractor—knows this as much as anyone...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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