American astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams knew all the risks of flying in the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft of the American company Boeing. This was reported by TASS Referring to Joseph Akaba, chief of NASA’s astronaut office.
“This mission was a test flight <...>They knew this mission might not be ideal. <...>“Human spaceflight is inherently risky, and as astronauts we accept that as part of our job,” said Merak.
He added that the final decision on the astronauts’ return will be made by the end of August.
Before that, Nathan Eismont, lead researcher at the Institute for Space Research (IKR) RAS statedThe scandal over Boeing’s concealment of information about problems with its 737 MAX aircraft suggests that the real reason for the delay in reaching the ISS with the Starliner spacecraft is also being concealed.
It was previously in orbit around the ISS Corrected for the launch of Soyuz MS-26 in the fall.
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Source: Gazeta
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