and liftoff of Starliner in Atlas 5 it was a historic Ascent into space Mard with setbacks and while Boeing Starliner did successfully deliver it to astronauts their mission just got a whole lot longer NASA has decided that Butch and sunny will return with crew nine next February uh and that Starliner uh will return uncrewed Butch Wilmore and sunny Williams have already been at the International Space Station for over two months following their June 6th test launch that didn't go as smoothly as hoped now Less Than 3 MERS away from the International Space Station as the capsule approached the ISS some of its thrusters failed stranding the astronauts they will now come home early next year aboard a SpaceX Dragon fairy ship we have had mistakes done in the past we lost two space shuttles as a result of there not being a culture in which information could come forward space flight is risky even at its safest our core value is safety and it is our North Star welcome aboard the International Space Station first uh it's a great place to be a great place to live a great place to work this is the third test flight for the veteran astronauts who have been preparing for everything and anything failure is not an option that's why we are staying here now Canada's newest appointed astronaut says if anyone can handle a longer Mission it's Butch Willmore and sunny Williams this is an incredible time in human space flight and we have to be prepared for suboptimal um uh outcomes bumps along the road and just we have to be committed to working the problem when these bumps arise and doing so in the safest and most uh risk mitigatory fashion possible NASA and Boeing say they have made significant progress in understanding what went wrong with the thrust and the helium leaks have stabilized Starliner could be back unmanned as early as September 6th we are still in the middle of a test flight we have to remain Vigilant um we need to get the vehicle back on Deck it's an out of this world story hitting two families very close to home yeah you just s sort of have to roll with it and you sort of expect the unexpected there could be more of that in the months ahead Jamie dah Global News Calgary