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Stranded astronauts' capsule heads home without them
Aruna Shantha
07-Sep-2024 06:58:27
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft has begun its journey back to Earth - but the astronauts it was supposed to be carrying are staying behind on the International Space Station.
The empty craft, which has been switched to autonomous mode, has undocked from the orbiting lab.
The capsule, which suffered technical problems after it launched with Nasa's Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams on board, has been deemed too risky to take them 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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