Boeing’s Starliner astronauts are within the last stretch of their unexpectedly lengthy stint in Earth orbit — and so they’re setting the document straight on all of the “stranded astronauts” discuss.

NASA’s Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore launched to the Worldwide House Station (ISS) final June on the primary crewed take a look at flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. The duo anticipated their orbital keep to final about 10 days, however Starliner skilled thruster malfunctions throughout its strategy and docking maneuvers. This led to an intensive investigation by NASA and Boeing again on the bottom, whereas the area company determined the right way to proceed.