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Astronauts on 8 day trip may have to stay in space until 2025


What was originally planned as a few days mission to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft could now extend to as long as eight months, according to BBC. The mission, which launched in June, was intended as a high-stakes test required before NASA could certify the Starliner for routine astronaut flights.

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