Watch live: NASA announces how crew of Boeing Starliner will come home

Published: 01 January 1970
on channel: Spaceflight Now

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Watch live as NASA announces its decision on how it will return two NASA astronauts from the International Space Station. A press conference, led by NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, is scheduled to begin no earlier than 1 p.m. EDT (1700 UTC).

The Boeing Starliner Crew Flight Test launched on June 5 with the stated intention of lasting a little more than a week. However, thruster issues and helium leaks encountered during rendezvous and docking caused an extension of the mission as NASA and Boeing sought to better understand the anomalies before making a return trip.

Now, with the need to create space for the SpaceX Crew-9 mission on the ISS, NASA needs to make a decision on how to end the mission. Its goal was to create enough understanding around the Starliner's service module issues to feel comfortable bringing CFT Commander Barry "Butch" Wilmore and CFT Pilot Sunita "Suni" Williams back on Starliner. However, the backup option on the table would be to launch SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft with only two out of the original four members of the Crew-9 mission and have Butch and Suni return with them in February 2025.

Spaceflight Now will have live coverage of the briefing, with pre- and post-news conference commentary and analysis from Spaceflight Now Reporter Will Robinson-Smith and Space Reporter for Ars Technica, Stephen Clark.

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