Boeing Starliner returns to earth without astronauts | BBC News

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft has completed its journey back to Earth - but the astronauts it was supposed to be carrying remain behind on the International Space Station.
The empty craft travelled in autonomous mode after undocking from station.
The capsule, which suffered technical problems after it launched with Nasa's Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams on board, was deemed too risky to take the astronauts home.
They will instead return in a SpaceX Crew Dragon, but not until February - extending an eight-day stay on the ISS to eight months.
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[@JandiFX]

Reporter: Where are the astronauts? NASA: it was a good landing 😐

[@rcpmac]

This was a test space flight. If it was SpaceX you would be calling it iterative design.

[@M4T1J4P0]

Not NASA's fault tho.

[@TheKkpop1]

Astronauts have landed on the moon.

[@michaelbee8263]

Reporters are scum

[@randomchannel-px6ho]

I'm as big a critic of spaceX as they come and yeah no, they've never screwed up like this before

[@mrrandom1265]

crewed: no screwed: yes

[@ant1finox111]

🤣

[@HowToChangeName]

The vehicle still unscrewed to this day, but the passangers do

[@acerniss]

underrated

[@shivanta2]

So true

[@alwaysyouramanda]

😭

[@treelonmusk5723]

Imagine going to space for 8 days but instead have to stay for another 8 months

[@VladOk]

But it turned out that they could have returned on time - NASA just turned out to be a fool)

[@BondJFK]

Imagine some people pay $300K for 10min space flight while they get 8 months full space experience by getting money instead of spending

[@ragingmonk6080]

@@VladOk "NASA just turned out to be a fool)" It was Boeing, not NASA. Who is the fool?

[@jtr549]

@@VladOk How simple is your mind??? Nasa has taken very similarly "low mission risk" risks before, and they've ended up losing the ship with the crew onboard. It's a very small slither of confidence for Boeing and they'll still need to work extremely hard to restore their reputation.

[@antonyjharper31]

Bet she’s gutted she has to stay up there! She had Taylor swift tickets!

[@sukhkaur9440]

It's like being delivered empty amazon shipment while it says item successfully reached its destination.

[@teogeorge2203]

If ship back, will be dxxd bodies, hence it's better this way.

[@benshakespeare268]

Starliner: “I’m back, but I keep getting the feeling I’ve forgotten something 🤔”

[@studio54studio]

The lady astronaut's face resemble the one of a witch, isn't weird and suspect? 🤔

[@studio54studio]

She threw flowers at the audience right before leaving... 😳

[@ghostm4390]

NASA : "The spacecraft broke, we failed to bring back the astronauts, but it all was a huge success."

They could have unlike Space X that had a catastrophic failure of their second stage and failed to make it to orbit. Luckily, they didn't have astronauts on board, but it was the same engine that powers the dragon capsule. 🫤

[@VladOk]

But it turned out that they could have returned on time - NASA just turned out to be a fool)

[@mateusvin]

Starliner didn't break. It showed signs of issues with its thrusters on ascent and everyone, including NASA and Boeing were fairly sure that it would work just fine on descent, but they didn't want to risk the astronauts' lives on something that wasn't 100% guaranteed.

[@LeonAust]

@@mateusvin Many times on the Apollo project their where risks, I don't know what to think, was Starliner ok to bring Astronaut's down?

[@trigularity]

Thats how you can tell theyre not coming back

[@tabularasa7775]

I'd feel better going to space in a 1989 Vauxhall cavalier than anything made by Boeing .

[@judewarner1536]

I drove UK Vauxhall Cavaliers for decades. Best standard saloon ever. 118 mph, 40+ mpg, with 2 litre engine. Solid construction; virtually unbreakable engine; replaced by tinny, crappy Vectra.

[@tabularasa7775]

@@judewarner1536 My first car was a Cavalier named "silver bullet" . Great car , strong as an ox

[@Вивсівідстій]

If Starliner were a UK Space Agency project, it wouldn’t have survived reentry. The British cannot even launch satellites horizontally from their crummy Spaceport at Cornwall without cocking up everything and forcing the company that made the launch vehicle into bankruptcy.

[@davidberrueco2]

I would feel safer on a homemade rocket than on a Boeing spacecraft, at least I wouldn't be "deleted" from existence just for speaking out about it's flaws

[@Вивсівідстій]

@@tabularasa7775 Britain is hardly a spacefaring nation. You still have to bum free rides for your astronauts from NASA and RosCosmos. The UK Space Agency couldn’t even do a horizontal launch of LauncherOne from its crummy Spaceport at Cornwall in January 2023 without cocking up everything and forcing VirginOrbit into bankruptcy. Also the royal navy cocked up that Trident SLBM at NATO exercises in March 2024. Stick to parades, ceremonies and washing down your greasy cuisine with warm ale.

[@Consf3aracy]

Thats one hell of a bonus pay owed after that extension to contract

[@Darth_Revan25]

Aye, was gonna say. Raging on their behalf like! They'd better be well compensated. They're gonna miss out end of year celebrations.

[@ant1finox111]

Their bonus pay will have to be extended for years or at least until their bodies can return to normal levels. These aren’t spring chickens, they might never fully recover.

[@steveaustin2686]

Suni and Butch are NASA astronauts. Going to space is their job. They get TDY pay when in space.

[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

For Sunni, it's likely to be her last NASA flight, let's hope her experience is going to be applied to training the next generation of commercial astronauts.

[@steveaustin2686]

@@PiDsPagePrototypes Suni is 58. US astronaut Donald Pettit is launching on Soyuz MS-26 in a few days and he is 69. Suni could fly again.

[@al28854]

at this point I don't think the current astronauts in the ISS even want to have their lunch delivered by Boeing.

[@PlatoThegreat-kv5ho]

there are no astronauts there, they are in a swimming pool in texas

[@DawnMeow]

@@PlatoThegreat-kv5hogot a case of brain rot i see😂

[@groboclone]

@@PlatoThegreat-kv5ho texas doesn't exist, every photo or video you've ever seen of texas is CGI

[@davidaugustofc2574]

​@@PlatoThegreat-kv5ho people really have Plato in their username while they pretend to think. 😂

[@ronaldbell7429]

Note that the system did fine though

[@FunTimeシ]

Mission failed successfully 👍🏻

[@ewokpants4891]

8 months away from most of humanity in a temperature and humidity regulated environment? pfft...sign me up - that sounds like a dream vacation.

[@dionysus2006]

Butch and Suni are loving it ! Probably the last time they go to orbit. This almost doubles the amount of time they have had at the ISS. What's next for them ? Due to crew rotations they probably won't get another mission so it is kind of the end of their careers. After the mission debriefings what do they do ? They have nothing to train for, no missions to get ready for. Hope they do well. They seem like nice people. I guess they could write a book. "Stranded in Space !!!" I would buy it

[@dmitripogosian5084]

They are not alone there

[@joane24]

and comeback with significant bone loss; no thanks

[@JojoJoget]

You sound like you’re probably too fat to fit in there

[@Wallope]

​@@dmitripogosian5084yes but 8 others is not "most of humanity"

[@tonymarsh8436]

Well at least it didn't have a door blow off

[@AbisaeOketch]

I even fear putting on Boeing Shoes.

[@brianfunt2619]

What?

[@brooly3994]

you gonna fall and break a leg

[@Kx0195]

​@@brooly3994 then be unalived if you speak to authorities.

[@dionysus2006]

Just add thrusters. That will keep you up 🙂

[@ILovePancakes24]

Fact: I am afraid of looking at anything Boeing

[@carlospeixoto]

Planet earth is blue and there's nothing I can do.

[@arvindhmani06]

Though I've passed one hundred thousand miles, I'm feeling very still

[@JohnDgr81]

...and my spaceship seems to know which way to go!

[@freedomfalcon]

*Guitar riff* CLAP CLAP *Guitar riff* CLAP CLAP

[@gregformes3720]

tell my wife I love here very much, she knows

[@carlospeixoto]

@@gregformes3720 Can you hear me, Major Tom?

[@adrianthoroughgood1191]

A Boeing built craft had faults that could impact safety. What a shocking and unprecidented occurrence!

[@itjustlookslikethis]

Boeing was a major contractor on the ISS, why aren't you complaining about that??

[@jimmykovalak6442]

Nothing to be embarrassed about. They played it safe and smart.

[@rajap8320]

Well said

[@keithwaites9991]

Yes, we were flying Boeing but we played it safe and smart and flew Airbus. We'll done Boeing, pat on the back

[@janebaker966]

😂😂😂😅🤪

[@azulaquaza4916]

@@keithwaites9991Airbus can’t even get to space

[@1locust1]

Boeing to NASA: Toldya so! Toldya so!

[@M4T1J4P0]

Boeing cancelling the hitman.

[@ConClasher3]

Did you not see the alarms blaring the other day and the rumbling when the parachute was deploying? Anything out of the ordinary does not warrant risking the astronauts lives

@@ConClasher3 They landed safely and didn't explode like Space X.

[@nedodo2380]

As did every single crewed SpaceX flight.

[@ConClasher3]

Bruh I didn't mention SpaceX at all. All I'm saying is the Boeing rocket that you Americans spent billions on has been a failure

[@clairee4939]

“Helium leaks” “both of them are in good spirits” I’m sure they are. Probably high as a kite 😂

[@TippyToes476]

They are in space. I think they are higher than a kite. 😂

[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

That would be Nitrous Oxide. Helium just makes your voice higher by displacing the oxygen in your lungs, so it would cause sufocation, not relaxation.

[@bonkers2011]

😂😂😂

[@jefferi78]

they skip the line and get stay in ISS for 8 months instead 8 days. that a treat. it is fully paid too.

[@keirfarnum6811]

Helium makes people talk funny, but the only high it can cause is from lack of oxygen.

[@Tristanks]

That title is SOO INCREDIBLY MISLEADING to those who don't know about this

[@meganbella8262]

I was just thinking that 😂 I remember seeing the initial article so luckily I didn’t watch this blind and wonder where the heck the astronauts are?!

[@lavatr8322]

But It did return Without Astronauts

[@Tristanks]

@@lavatr8322 Well yeah, but the title makes it seem like they mysteriously disappeared lol

[@yukihong9726]

​@@Tristanks Then that's your fault. Stay informed lol

[@Tristanks]

@@yukihong9726 That's my point. If you're not informed, the title is very confusing

[@TamasPanyi]

selling a failure as a success

[@JaneJones-lg3bd]

NASA....Never A Straight Answer.

[@TheRealEtaoinShrdlu]

How exactly was it a "failure"?! Do you know how testing works?!

[@JaneJones-lg3bd]

@@TheRealEtaoinShrdlu LOL! You have to be joking! The NASA defenders on here are really tiresome! How blind can you be?

[@PeepingTom-xy9di]

that is how most high paying managerial executives earn their living.

[@thebigsad5402]

​@JaneJones-lg3bd This wasn't NASAs fault, all this was Boeing.

[@jefferi78]

fully paid 8 months stay and skipped the long line. that a treat.

[@dennish300]

Just as a joke, the first person who opened the capsule hatch should have stepped back and said, "Oh my God! They're GONE!" 😊

[@jmg8246]

Don't give Saturday Night Live any ideals...

[@klitzeklein3437]

If two astronauts had known their stay takes 8 months instead of days, they would have packed a second pair of pants for SpaceX change.

[@kenknight5983]

The American definition of success

[@markmd9]

Still better than Chinese or Russian success

[@BondJFK]

Brits cant even launch fish and chips to space still youre trolling successful countries in space ?

[@kenknight5983]

@@BondJFK that's left 2 people in space

[@lulub9421]

The astronauts are alive and well. That’s the definition of “success”

[@TheKkpop1]

​@@markmd9 Both astronauts are staying on the moon.

[@GlobeSync1]

If the Boeing situation couldn't get worse...

[@Guesswhokk]

NASA: unable to bring astronauts home on schedule Boeing: Space Tourism

[@wanderingquestions7501]

At least Starliner falls down correctly

[@christopherfriedberg6597]

Any data on the atmosphere INSIDE the module during its return would be greatly appreciated. Full transparency please.

[@TheJeffbarrett]

Next up: The first baby in space!

[@raajjann]

For context, during COVID people may have gotten stuck wherever they were. Could be Paris. Now these two are 'stuck' in Space. They are astronauts. If they had to choose, where would they most love to be stuck?!

[@janebaker966]

Maybe they're actors.

[@Zero1NZ]

Corporate corruption cutting corners.

[@ronaldbell7429]

no corners were cut. Leave your political axe in the garage. It's not helpful understanding this situation. It's mainly the difference between SpaceX's philosophy of "move fast, break things, fix it" and Boeing's and NASA's philosophy of "do everything carefully and try not to even make the first mistake." Problems will arise. With strategy 1, they're a lot easier to spot than with strategy 2.

[@TheAlchaemist]

For those who don't know (the video does not mention it), they had to update the software to depart without crew because they had not anticipated this possibility and they had REMOVED that capability which was present in the previous uncrewed tests. And that was not a trivial thing to do because they had to retest everything which took weeks. Now imagine if ANYTHING catastrophic had happened to Starliner while attached to ISS and they would have been unable to detach it at once... or if the crew for any reason had resulted incapacitated. It is a level of negligence out of the charts.

[@StrawHatIuffy]

I dont think you properly read about or understand what they actually had to do with the software. Before you go out pretending to educate everyone, please read about it (and not from a press source)

[@TheAlchaemist]

@StrawHatIuffy what I pointed above, which was not mentioned here in the BBC, and which makes the entire thing much worse, was heavily discussed in specialized space channels for the last month. So if you want to throw something useful, you can indicate exactly what was wrong in my statement. Otherwise, it's just an ad hominem attack. Thanks.

[@mvpfocus]

@@TheAlchaemist The only correction I would add is that the expression is: "off the charts." Otherwise, your comment seemed fine. Carry on.

[@StrawHatIuffy]

@@TheAlchaemist It's not a "software" issue that needed updated. They are MDLs (Mission Data Load). Specific mission parameters (like CG, flight profiles, landing data, etc..) Changing any of these things requires an update to the parameters. It's unfeasible to prepare for every situation and its permutations ahead of time. My point is: it's not really negligence. Re-test is also crucial in this process.

[@TheAlchaemist]

@StrawHatIuffy configuration parameters are still software AFAIK... definitely not hardware. so, if there had been a serious malfunction that required the immediate detachment of the capsule without crew to avoid damage to the ISS. Or if the crew was incapaciated inside. THAT WAS NOT POSSIBLE... am I wrong? You can search for the tiniest detail trying to invalidate it, but Boeing failed MISERABLY. We call that negligence.

[@joermnyc]

Did the door fall off during descent?😂

[@peterfireflylund]

That’s not supposed to happen.

[@dionysus2006]

😅

[@annreed7935]

It was closed automatically, the same as it would have been had there been astronauts inside.

[@davidaugustofc2574]

The couple of people so focused in being right all the time that they've long forgotten the concept of a joke. 😂.

[@eugenechaks9452]

Boeng Starliner the home of more painload and less payload

[@ant1finox111]

🤣

[@kennethcorley9333]

That headline would be more exciting had the crew been in the capsule upon departure.

[@mattjazzml]

So everything went well except the most important thing. Well done indeed.

[@jamesyates4319]

It didn't land successfully, it landed after a failed mission. Not blowing up during reentry isnt the definition of sucess.

[@itjustlookslikethis]

Get ready to eat crow, my friend.

[@jamesyates4319]

@@itjustlookslikethis ?

[@leenewcome85]

At least the Astronauts are safe & the module is back 😊

[@retchie7355]

When it comes to space its muuuch better to be safe than sorry. Unlike planeflights the risks of spaceflight is statisticly much muuuuch higher, enough to "winging it" is a big enough risk. I personally am glad they didnt try to rush the window of landing the astronauts and instead ensuring a safer trip.

[@joejoey7272]

That’s why they do test flights , no matter how much effort you put in planning and designing you will never know until you build it and test it in real conditions

[@keithb372]

It landed safely, which means the crew could have returned with it.

[@itjustlookslikethis]

And NASA will have a black eye when they find out there's nothing wrong with the Starliner.

[@DirkShotojima]

Does t mean it would have landed safely with a view in it. Temperature tests will be done which will tell a clearer story

[@azulaquaza4916]

There were Helium leaks, KZbinrs always acting like they know more than engineers

[@jevonjoyeau7110]

Makes me wonder why they retired the space shuttle without having a long term replacement

[@ilgazkayili]

I thought this was an accident like astronauts were lost :D

[@nvmtt]

they sorta left em behind lol

[@M4T1J4P0]

Boeing just forgot them in space.

[@trigularity]

They are for all intents and purposes.

[@TheKkpop1]

They were kidnapped by alien in a far away planet moon.

[@Bob-t8l]

No just a company becoming a joke.

[@Paiadakine]

Earlier nasa said starliner was not capable of autonomous return.

[@steveaustin2686]

They uploaded the software.

[@sofakinggood]

Boeings should just make frying pans from now on.

[@dionysus2006]

it would catch fire when you cook something

[@Dr-Dre]

They're more interested in making widows LMFAO

[@Onir500]

They'd probably build in some crazy software that would make the pan jump out of the stove and crash on the kitchen floor.

[@dionysus2006]

@@Onir500 No, the lid would pop off because it isn't bolted down 🙂

[@itjustlookslikethis]

All you Boeing haters can pound sand

[@jaym9846]

NASA suspect helium leaks after astronauts started speaking like Mickey & Minnie.

[@BenQualters]

And goofy and Donald are having a proper bloody headache on earth trying to figure it out

[@mphmtb]

This is actually great news. Its back so they can fix the issues. Not only that but with the issues it did work. Just like when starship exploded everyone cheered as they had learnt a lot.

@mphmtb Hopefully, the Dragon capsule won't explode with astronauts on board.

[@Nainara32]

The helium leaks were in the service module which wasn't recovered. Fortunately, it sounds like there weren't any unexpected issues on the way back, which leaves the possibility open that Boeing might be able to get the defects addressed and make Starliner a going concern instead of cancelling the program.

[@harrydent8182]

Starship blew up during a test, expected to fail. Starliner was sent to the ISS with astronauts on board.

[@TheWeeJet]

​@@harrydent8182yup and this what makes these comparisons to starship that people make stupid

[@harrydent8182]

@@TheWeeJet Yeah, and even after telling them, they'll go on thinking they're right :)

[@M4T1J4P0]

The gov would do well tp award future space contracts to JPL instead of Boeing.

[@TamasPanyi]

nah, Walgreens and CVS own brands are better quality gadgets

[@brianfunt2619]

You're basically saying the gov would do well to use NASA instead of Boeing... that doesn't make sense

[@dionysus2006]

JPL makes unmanned deep space probes and rovers. They have never done manned space flight

[@shajipaul781]

NASA:Operation was successful but patient died 😅

[@qiupingliLiwaing]

😂😂

[@genoconte8638]

the patient lived, the operation was a failure.

[@DarylSolis]

What if there was someone inside. and nobody knew how. Not even the person inside.

[@UmerSaleem]

Shame on you Starliner - you left your travel buddies behind 😀

[@JustSumChillAlien]

This should’ve been a 1 time thing. The astronauts should’ve been back by now.

[@junjun906]

Imagine going on a holiday that was expected to last 2 weeks. But now it is going to be 8 months.

[@meganbella8262]

I’d start panicking. I suppose it’s something you have to think might happen if you’re an astronaut but all the things they could miss in those 8 months. Hope they stay happy up there.

[@dionysus2006]

This is Butch and Suni's last mission to orbit so having it extended from 8 days to 8 months is a dream come true.

[@hyperactive99999]

​@@dionysus2006😂😂😂

[@dionysus2006]

@@hyperactive99999 That is the goal of every astronaut, to go to Space.

[@ronaldbell7429]

Sorry. You need to work on your act. Nobody going to space on a rocket thought they were on a 2 week holiday

[@zerocompanyhq]

2:41 The real news is that the ISS has been renamed the "ISC", it would seem. 🤦🏼‍♀🤦🏼‍♂🤦🏼‍♂🤦🏼‍♀🤦🏼‍♀🤦🏼‍♂🤦🏼‍♂🤦🏼‍♀🤦🏼‍♂🤦🏼‍♀🤦🏼‍♀

[@JimmyRyan69]

GCSE Science 😂

[@woody280986]

She says it twice 🤦‍♂️

[@origenjerome8031]

I don't see space travel becoming a regular transportation mode for people going cross-continent any time in the future. Imagine paying $2 million dollars to travel from Sydney Australia to New York in 20 minutes via suborbital route.

[@FireflySpeedshop]

Spectacularly, Boeing is doing a better job of promoting SpaceX, than SpaceX themselves.. and considering how well SpaceX show off their, frankly mind blowing achievements, that is saying something… I’d love Boeing to step up, rather than cash out, like they usually do, it seems nowadays.

[@JaneJones-lg3bd]

NASA's current annual budget is 25 billion. What a disgrace!

[@MrKentaroMotoPI]

1950's technology launch vehicles and capsules are not mind blowing, they're pathetic Elon.

[@h82fail]

@@JaneJones-lg3bd What is disgraceful about it? Too small or too big, I am not even sure what your position is lol?

[@FireflySpeedshop]

@@h82fail I think they mean that the Nada Budget is SO huge and it’s often gets wasted.. Government agencies wasting money isn’t new.. heck, I even waste money myself.. but if your budget is in the billions.. and you have 10% wasted money.. that’s still bananas..

[@FireflySpeedshop]

@@MrKentaroMotoPI you do know SpaceX can land their rockets.. the only entity to do so in the world.. so they have singularly cut the cost of going to space for themselves and their customers, also ultra reliably and have singularly changed the entire landscape of SpaceFlight.. just do some reading about where we’re currently at bud. * by Space.. I obviously mean Orbit In space. I‘Space’ ( Karmen Line ) can be gotten into fairly easily but it’s very temporary … usually a few minutes. Orbit is a LOT HARDER.

[@senorbah5481]

I’d be more worried about the health of the astronauts.

[@selfseeker143]

They safely returned from moon in 1969, But in 2024 they are strucked in lower orbit.. We have to belive it.

[@janebaker966]

Won't it be Embarrassing for America when these too clever by half pesky Chinese actually GET THERE and there's no USA flag or golf balls. Ha ha ha

[@Hugo-ul9ou]

​@@janebaker966Probably the thing its that, they want to implement new tech to this shits, and that its literally remaking all from 0

[@lavatr8322]

At this point we can bring them home .... Why wait January 2025

[@Hugo-ul9ou]

@@lavatr8322 because its expensive to make a rescue misión, so they removed 2 people from Crew-9 so them 2 can comeback with Crew-9, that comes back next year

[@azulaquaza4916]

Yall realize Boeing IS NOT NASA and USA has 4 major Space organizations conducting independent Space flights, some newer to the game than others. 1. SpaceX 2. NASA 3. Boeing 4. Blue origin

[@tonfie]

So it IS safe after all. The 2 astronauts could have come back in that spacecraft.

[@sacresula]

Do you preffer a 95% chance of success or 99.5% chance. Nasa won't fly crew when it's only a 95% chance.

[@MaheshWalatara]

Imagine being stranded in low earth orbit 😂😂😂 If it was in deep space on the way to Mars or Jupiter they'd be a total write off.

[@legitbeans9078]

"The spacecraft and its crew are totally screwed" - Boieueoing

[@steveaustin2686]

Suni and Butch were moved to the Crew-9 crew. If Crew Dragon wasn't around, they would have returned on Starliner. Crew Dragon is just a bit safer with the Starliner thruster issues, so they are returning on the Crew-9 capsule.

[@genoconte8638]

which is why they test in low earth orbit.

[@ronaldbell7429]

they're astronauts and they discovered they'll get to spend a few months out of a long career actually in space, instead of a couple of weeks. You're acting like they'd rather be back down here doing pointless training for missions that you mainly watch someone else get picked for. Stranded indeed.

[@streamofconsciousness5826]

What ever they are using as heat shields is working fine, that does not look like it went through the burn of re-entry.

[@Gemarica]

Did they forgot to bolt the door that it returned without passengers?

[@prilep5]

NASA paid for round trip but got only one way tickets for two from Boeing

[@philhugill8458]

Interesting......OVER 1/2 century ago using, a comador 64 computer, they landed and took off from moon without a glitch !!!!!!!

[@thebigitchy]

Technically, the AGC was worse than the Commodore 64. But “without a glitch” patently false. Apollo 11 had several famous computer glitches during the landing sequence. The 1201 and 1202 program alarms were caused because the AGC was called upon to do more tasks than it could. These errors caused the computer to restart and kill low priority tasks. As hardware goes, pogo in the Apollo 6 S-IC caused damage to the S-II and S-IVB that prevented the mission from completing.

[@Dbodell8000]

Makes ya wonder doesn't It? Dud they really go There?

[@philhugill8458]

@@Dbodell8000 Hi....Sure does ..........By now, 'Greyhound Bus Lines' should have been running regular service throughout the entire Solar System.

[@frankw7091]

They sure like bragging up the flight. But they ignore the fact they forget something on the ISS. Well, two things actually.

[@jujenshrestha7584]

MASSIVE SUCCESS, MUCH WOW!

[@kleinesbiest1264]

wondering are those astronauts already bored, 8 days stay turned into 8 months It’s not like they have other places to go, just more work brought to your space office

[@helifanodobezanozi7689]

No. Two of the four astronauts on the next mission will be staying on Earth. Butch and Sunnie have taken over their rolls and are now doing their work.

[@dionysus2006]

Butch and Suni are loving it. It is an astronauts dream to go to Space. This will probably be their last mission sinch they will have almost two years in space and they like to give the new astronauts experience.

[@ascgazz]

The only question I’m interested in, and the only question that nobody seems to be answering, is how much extra money are these astronauts going to earn because of this mishap? (They deserve it, of course)

[@arnelilleseter4755]

Astronauts do not get extra pay for space missions. However they may get hazard pay or other bonuses. Their sallary is based on their rank and experience and is the same whether or not they are on missions.

[@Tuxfanturnip]

@@arnelilleseter4755 ah yes, everyone's favorite civilian organization that operates exactly like a branch of the military

[@randomgirl-lj3xi]

Probably signed their rights away

[@ascgazz]

@@Tuxfanturnip space travel and technology is expensive, competitive, and political. You don’t want a company to be able to protect its interests? Why?

[@Tuxfanturnip]

@@ascgazz what company protecting its interests? what? it's just really funny how much the US takes pride in its "civilian" space program that started as a branch of a military, is staffed by ex-military officers, uses military pay structures, hires out all its work to military contractors, and only gets its projects funded when they have military applications. truly a noble scientific endeavor for the betterment of humankind.

[@DumpTheDollar]

Stranded in Space. Nasa and Boeing say No Problem.

[@steveaustin2686]

Because over two weeks ago, the crew was added to the Crew-9 mission and are returning with that mission.

[@cxm2000]

what the devil is the point of spending a lot of money to send 2 astronauts to ISS and now having to rescue them??

[@steveaustin2686]

Research on the ISS has greatly helped us here on Earth. Suni and Butch were added to the Crew-9 mission, which was going to the ISS anyway under the same Commercial Crew program.

[@nigelwilliams9307]

It's all fake anyway.

[@steveaustin2686]

@@nigelwilliams9307 The overwhelming evidence says that spaceflight is NOT fake. Might want to upgrade your information sources, as the ones you have are lying to you.

[@dionysus2006]

Actually they are now part of Crew-9 so not a waste. Crew-9 was going to have 4 astronauts on the ISS and now they will have 4 astronauts on the ISS. It's like bringing in your backup quarterback.

[@steveaustin2686]

@@dionysus2006 The backup QB is a good analogy. Not to mention while the engineers tested Starliner, Suni and Butch helped Crew-8 catch up on backlogged tasks.

[@theprogrammerrolandmc3039]

I guess the moon landing is a touchy subject up there

[@dogfish180]

Astronauts? That's like calling me a pilot when I get on a plane to go on a vacation 😂😂😂 Hardly Neil Armstrong

[@brianfunt2619]

@@dogfish180 what?

[@binary964]

???

[@keirfarnum6811]

They’re traveling into space. They’re astronauts. Even the early astronauts were just passengers most of the time. They only took manual control a few times.

[@Anna-e9y6z]

Haha, I get it! Calling them astronauts is like calling you a pilot on vacation-totally different level from Neil Armstrong!

[@justinmiller1191]

A Boeing product had issues?! This cant possibly make their reputation and worse.

[@misaeljoelvera6631]

In another post someone comiserated "the two astronauts must feel crushed about the 8 month extension" but read around actual interviews with the two astronauts. They're perfectly happy about staying 8 months. It's the greatest view--off earth!

[@wendystjean4678]

Suni Williams husband said that being on the ISS is her "happy place".

[@elmurcis1]

Technically it is pretty much "another" building to work/live in with best view possible. Only transportation can be a bit pain during rush hours. Oh, yeah, and after returning home one will destroy some half a douzen cups releasing them mid-air 😆

[@wendystjean4678]

@@elmurcis1 I don't understand your last sentence...

[@AmbientMorality]

@@wendystjean4678 You forget that gravity exists on earth and let go of things midair expecting they won't fall

[@dmitripogosian5084]

I suspect two austraniuts that were supposed to go now and will be staying behind may feel more crushed

[@UntradableFX]

Imagine believing they went to space instead of a swimming pool 😂

[@pessi6185]

Plot twist, their both Boeing Whistleblowers & have been left to die.

[@steveaustin2686]

🙄🤡 Conspiracy nonsense is not needed.

[@pessi6185]

@@steveaustin2686 Conspiracy nonsense??? Are you saying that 2 Boeing Whistleblowers didn't mysteriously die after leaking information about Boeing corner cutting?

[@pessi6185]

👉🏿@@steveaustin2686 👈🏿 Establishment 👢👅

[@steveaustin2686]

@@pessi6185 🙄🤡 Yes, conspiracy nonsense. There is ZERO evidence that Boeing killed either whistleblower. Sadly, MRSA is common in hospitals and people do die from MRSA infections. My father almost died from a MRSA infection in the hospital. If you have some secret, never before seen evidence that law enforcement and the MEs have not seen, give it to them. Otherwise, again, there is ZERO evidence that Boeing killed either one, except from the conspiracy nutcases.

[@eprofessio]

Thank goodness the door didn’t fly off on the way up.

[@Kitsunegaming-zi3bg]

And we have to fly on their shity aircraft everyday.

[@blackterminal]

You don't. Use another airline.

[@sandrokozlovski9965]

this is crazy they pretty happy up there these people gonna spend christmas without there families

[@oceanwave4502]

If it's Boeing, I'm not going. 🤭

[@MdRejowan-kf6pm]

You do not need to go anywhere.

[@pastuh]

Real mission: Test how feels random peoples in the space

[@lunhil12]

I'm sure they'll figure out and amend whatever the problem was that excluded the crew return. Otherwise all worked as planned.

[@bighoss9705]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@dionysus2006]

The problem is that the ISS will deorbit in 2030, it will be at least 2026 until Starliner flys again, will NASA require a CTF-2 ? NASA has paid for 3 Starliner missions with an option on 3 more at one a year. If they don't fly the first non-test-flight mission until 2017 that only gives them 3 years. Don't see how they will get 6 flights in.

[@LeoAriWibowo]

Boeing new tagline: "If it's Boeing, I'm not going!"

[@peterwomersley]

Great advert for Space X

[@MyVoice369]

When traveling with NASA always purchase a return ticket... 🙄😅😂🤣

[@willslingwood]

How much did Boeing pay BBC for this shitty bit of marketing?

[@RegBarlow]

Explain!

[@legitbeans9078]

F*****g EXPLAIN!

[@saipranay3416]

It's not NASA talking it's Boeing words with NASA voice 😂😂😂

[@supremacy2040]

Well if NASA says they’re happy to be there til February, couldn’t imagine a reason why they’d lie! Not like they do that at all!

[@wendystjean4678]

Suni Williams said that being on the ISS is her "happy place".

[@helifanodobezanozi7689]

Yes, because the one thing people who train DECADES TO BECOME ASTRONAUTS hate more than anything is to STAY IN SPACE! Stop using drugs! Please!?😂

[@supremacy2040]

@@helifanodobezanozi7689 training decades to become a doctor doesn’t mean I want to be trapped in a hospital with sick patients with no out. Who’s on drugs?

[@helifanodobezanozi7689]

@@supremacy2040 LOL! Having grown up with close family in the medical profession, I can assure you that the idea of them being trapped in a hospital for 6 months, ESPECIALLY if that was the ONLY TIME THEY GOT TO PRACTICE MEDICINE would be OK with them!!! (I guess you've never heard of organizations like Doctors Without Borders, eh?!) That was a TERRIBLE ANALOGY you tried to make there!!! Again, just say no to drugs!!!! LLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLL!!!!!

[@jamesturley5337]

Shouldn’t they get a fine or something boeing has been getting away with madness last few months

[@1977ivanhoe]

If it had been SpaceX in this situation , the reporting style would have been very different …

[@al28854]

it's the BBC, doubt it

[@1977ivanhoe]

😂

[@ricky_pigeon]

how so?

[@pounds731]

Imagine being stuck in space

[@USA_BIackedraw_1974]

Sinaloa's ingenious Leobardo Garcia Corrales through love hard work and respect invented the clock which became essential in the development of time-lapse photography enabling the capture and study of slow processes in nature and science

[@RT-NewZ_android-APpk]

If its Boeing I ain't going...🛑

[@alanmorgan7212]

But they went to the moon and back🤣

[@beautifulseattle]

Boeing is amazing

[@Junktown42o]

Unless your a whistlblower, then they just send you to an early grave.

[@BondJFK]

for CEO and management

[@FutureAITrend]

Happy with the landing ?bring the people back 😡 Bbc always on the hype of wrong side of the coin

[@samanthaw4955]

A failure is a failure until you hear a yanks version 😂

[@al28854]

the fact that we are not seeing too many contributions from the presence of brit astronauts and their kit/gear is another failure for NASA, but we don't talk about that to much in the US, no we don't.

[@scottw550]

Boeing Starliner; space capsule or space suppository?

[@lenniegodber7805]

It’s a Boeing product Of course it’s faulty

Space X lost their second stage and didn't make it to orbit. It's the same engine that powers their Dragon capsule. 😂

[@Dagobert-jw2lc]

After 350 successful launches

[@YuriyLapitskiy]

Should've tried Airbus 😂

@@Dagobert-jw2lc Boeing has 100% success. Space X never had that. 🤣

@@YuriyLapitskiy I didn't realise Airbus built a rocket. When did they launch?

[@maxvain]

Most lucrative 8 months for both astronauts after they sell their book titled "Round-Trip".