Adrift in Orbit: The NASA Astronauts, the Boeing Failure, and the SpaceX Rescue
What was supposed to be a routine eight-day mission aboard Boeing’s Starliner turned into an unexpected saga lasting months. NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams found themselves stuck on the International Space Station (ISS) due to critical thruster malfunctions and helium leaks on their return spacecraft.