The Setbacks, Implications, And Future Of NASA's And SpaceX's Astronaut Launch Plans Boeing's first crewed Starliner mission to the International Space Station (ISS) has turned into a major debacle. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are currently marooned on the ISS with no set return date, as engineers grapple with assessing the spacecraft's flightworthiness. The ramifications of this prolonged mission are now reverberating through upcoming launches. According to insider sources at Ars Technica, NASA plans to delay the upcoming Crew-9 mission from August 18 to September 24. This mission, conducted by SpaceX, is supposed to ferry three NASA astronauts and one Roscosmos astronaut to the ISS. However, if the Starliner returns to Earth without its crew, NASA may send the SpaceX Crew Dragon with just two astronauts to accommodate Wilmore and Williams' return. NASA has not yet officially commented on the situation, but the outlook for Boeing's Starlin...
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