NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been stuck in space for months longer than expected, and will not return to Earth until at least March 2025 at the earliest, NASA indicated.
The ISS still gets regular deliveries and even some replacement astronauts from SpaceX but the Boeing and SpaceX suits aren’t inter-compatible so they can’t hitch a ride back afaik.
When your government is so afraid of socialism that they won’t even mandate that the two companies they contract out share some compatibility for the sake of convenience.
“Should we tell them that part of the deal is that they have to both work with the others technology?”
the Boeing and SpaceX suits aren’t inter-compatible so they can’t hitch a ride back
They are indeed hitching a ride back. The SpaceX Crew-9 Dragon launched with two empty seats for this reason. Two extra Dragon IVA suits were sent up as well.
The ISS still gets regular deliveries and even some replacement astronauts from SpaceX but the Boeing and SpaceX suits aren’t inter-compatible so they can’t hitch a ride back afaik.
When your government is so afraid of socialism that they won’t even mandate that the two companies they contract out share some compatibility for the sake of convenience.
“Should we tell them that part of the deal is that they have to both work with the others technology?”
“What are you, Lenin?”
They are indeed hitching a ride back. The SpaceX Crew-9 Dragon launched with two empty seats for this reason. Two extra Dragon IVA suits were sent up as well.