The first two astronauts to fly aboard Boeing’s Starliner capsule said Wednesday from the International Space Station that they are confident the spacecraft can bring them home once the company and NASA fix thruster problems that have kept them in space for much longer than expected.
“I have a very good feeling that this spacecraft will get us home without any problems,” NASA astronaut Sunita “Suni” Williams said during the test crew’s first news conference since docking with the ISS more than a month ago.
Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore, both veteran NASA astronauts and former U.S. Navy test pilots, launched from Florida aboard the Starliner on June 5 and docked with the ISS the next day, where they were initially scheduled to remain for about eight days.
