Boeing Starliner’s future unclear, even after safe landing

The Starliner has landed.

Boeing's spacecraft is finally back home, but the two NASA astronauts who flew it to the International Space Station in June are still in orbit.

Due to problems with Starliner's propulsion system during its approach to the space station in June, NASA officials decided not to put astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore on Starliner for the return trip. They will spend another five months on the space station as part of the crew before returning to Earth around February in a spacecraft built and operated by SpaceX.

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