Stranded in space, NASA astronauts await rescue

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Two U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronauts find themselves on an unexpectedly extended mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as technical issues plague their return spacecraft, Boeing's Starliner.   The intended short test mission has stretched beyond 60 days, with no definite return date in prospect.   READ: https://mb.com.ph/2024/8/9/stranded-in-space-nasa-astronauts-await-rescue  Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manila_bulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:00And we are coming up on 30 meters from the International Space Station, getting a beautiful

00:11view now of Starliner.

00:13A crew delayed or stuck on the space station is uncommon.

00:20Delayed, certainly.

00:23You know, I mean, stranded sounds like you're in a lifeboat in the middle of the Pacific,

00:27you know, with, you know, two ounces of water and no food.

00:31They've got water, food, air.

00:34Station is a very well supplied place these days.

00:38They're kind of stuck because their ride isn't fully approved for return.

00:47Whatever happens with the Starliner, they need to find out what the problem was and

00:52fix it.

00:53And give everybody confidence that they are still in the aerospace business in a major

00:59way.

01:00The astronauts, and I've known many of them, are highly selected people.

01:04They are very mentally resilient, they're physically incredibly fit.

01:09And so I've got no concerns that this delay will put them in any kind of a mental state.

01:19You know, they know what's going on.

01:23NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

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