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 Boeing Starliner: Astronauts at ISS could be there until February 2025, NASA says. Two NASA astronauts on what was supposed to be an eight-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS) might stay up there until February 2025.
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Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore originally took off for the ISS on June 5, 2024, but NASA wanted them to stay up longer so their teams can study thruster failures and helium leaks on the new Boeing Starliner ship.