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IT Home reported on July 26 that according to CCTV News, on July 25 local time, US officials said that two American astronauts will remain on the International Space Station until engineers complete the repair of Boeing's "Starliner" problems, and the return date has not yet been determined.

IT Home noticed that Boeing's "Starliner" was launched in June 5The Starliner was launched with two astronauts on board and docked with the International Space Station on June 6. It was originally scheduled to separate from the space station and return to Earth on June 14 local time. However, due to problems such as thruster failure and helium leakage, the return time has been repeatedly delayed. This mission is a key test for NASA before the Starliner's certification flight.

NASA once said that the "Starliner" would return to Earth on June 18, and then postponed it to June 22 and June 26, after which it entered the "Postponed indefinitely"state.

On June 30, NASA and Boeing said they plan to conduct ground tests in the coming weeks to better understand the problem with the Starliner thrusters before returning the crew to Earth. However, officials from both sides emphasized at a press conference that astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams are not stranded on the International Space Station.We are in no hurry to go home,” said Steve Stich, NASA’s commercial spaceflight program manager.

On July 10, NASA and Boeing held a press conference, saying that they failed to fully reproduce the problems that occurred in the Starliner thrusters in space during the ground test of the "Reaction Control System (RCS) thrusters" in White Sands, New Mexico, so more tests are needed. It is expected that CST-100 will The earliest is the end of JulyReturn to Earth from the International Space Station.