Update June 6th: Starliner arrives at Space Station.
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station this afternoon with its crew of two NASA astronauts after a 25-hour trip from the Cape. On the way, the crew met more goals of the flight test, including flying the spacecraft manually. A small helium leak was detected, but NASA said it posed no harm. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will remain on the ISS for about a week before returning to Earth in Starliner.
Two NASA astronauts are on their way to the International Space Station. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams began the journey this morning on the inaugural crewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft.
Williams is a graduate of Florida Tech, where she obtained her master’s degree in Engineering Management. She’s spent nearly two years in space across two missions and conducted seven spacewalks. The two astronauts will spend about a week aboard the ISS before returning to Earth on the flight test of Starliner.
