NASA announced Saturday that it would use Elon Musk’s SpaceX to bring home two astronauts who had been stuck on the International Space Station since early June because their Boeing Starliner spaceship had several problems during the flight.
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will not be taking the Boeing spacecraft back to Earth. Instead, they will take a SpaceX Crew Dragon ship. The choice was made after months of public worry, speculation about the astronauts’ well-being, and disagreements between government agencies about the return mission. The first trip was only supposed to last eight days.
