The engineering teams believe the leaks may be related to the activity of the thrusters.
This prolonged stay in space, NASA officials insist, is a choice.
NASAs other commercial partner, SpaceX, has so far launched eight crews to the space station.
The Starliner spacecraft docked to the Harmony module’s forward port.The Starliner spacecraft docked to the Harmony module’s forward port. © NASA
The teams are off looking at that data and trying to determine the next steps.
For now, Starliner is sitting pretty in orbit but it will need to come down eventually.
Astronauts Wilmore and Williams will need to depart from the ISS before that happens.
The prime option today is to return Butch and Sunny on Starliner, Stich said.
Right now, we dont see any reason that that wouldnt be the case.
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