When astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore left Earth for the International Space Station nearly three months ago, they ditched their bags for a key piece of equipment. Helming the inaugural crewed flight test of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, they departed without their own toiletries and other personal comforts, expecting to return to Earth within a week or so.Related video above: NASA report: Boeing must improve substandard workThey’ve now been on the space station for more than 11 weeks, however, and NASA announced Saturday that they would remain there through early 2025. Uncertainty around issues with their Starliner capsule has prompted the space agency to tap SpaceX to step in and return the astronauts on a Crew Dragon capsule instead.So what exactly would Williams and Wilmore do for another five or six months in space?Currently, the two are guests. They’re not part of Expedition 71, the international crew of seven astronauts …
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