Stranded Boeing astronauts to stay in space for six more months - what this means for the future of commercial spaceflight

Sunita Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore must have heaved a sigh of relief when they opened the hatch and floated into the International Space Station (ISS) on June 6 2024. It was the first time the Starliner spacecraft they arrived on had ever carried people.

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