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According to CCTV News, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced on the 6th local time that the next manned space launch will be postponed for at least one month, hoping to buy more time for Boeing to resolve the "Starliner" spacecraft failure and determine the return date of the astronauts stranded in space as soon as possible.

On June 6, American astronauts Barry Wilmore and Suni Williams arrived at the International Space Station on the Starliner spacecraft. They were originally scheduled to return to Earth on June 14, but due to problems such as spacecraft thruster failure and helium leakage, the return time was repeatedly postponed.

This is the first manned test flight of the "Starliner". As of the 6th of this month, Wilmore and Williams have been stranded on the International Space Station for two months.

It is reported that NASA's next manned launch mission was originally scheduled to be no earlier than the 18th of this month, and the "Dragon" spacecraft of the US Space Exploration Technology Corporation (SpaceX) will send four astronauts to the International Space Station.

NASA said in a statement on the 6th that the launch of the Dragon spacecraft will not be until September 24 at the earliest. NASA said that it hopes to give Boeing more time to analyze the cause of the failure of the Starliner spacecraft and finally determine the return time of the Starliner crew.

It is reported that the International Space Station has only two docking ports that are suitable for American spacecraft. Currently, both of these docking ports are occupied. In addition to the "Starliner", the other docking port is docked with the SpaceX "Cygnus" cargo spacecraft that delivers supplies to the International Space Station.