Two astronauts are still stuck in space. Can we get them down?
The Briefing8 Aug 2024

Two astronauts are still stuck in space. Can we get them down?

Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore have been in the International Space Station (ISS) since early June – and they can’t get down.

The pair have been stranded in space for over 60 days due to technical issues with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft – and NASA now says they'll remain there for some time yet. The American space agency says the astronauts will remain orbiting the planet till September 24th at earliest, and potentially until February next year.

What went so wildly wrong as to extend an eight-day mission out to what could be eight months? And what’s it going be like to be stuck there with no solid return date.

Dr Rebecca Allen is co-director of the Swinburne Space Technology and Industry Institute and joins Bension Siebert on The Briefing to explain what happens next.

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