Nasa considers using SpaceX to bring two astronauts stranded aboard the ISS back home
Nasa has developed contingency plans to bring two stranded astronauts home from the International Space Station (ISS) early next year following problems with Boeing’s Starliner capsule. The long-delayed Starliner achieved its first crewed launch in June after years of delays, successfully docking with the ISS for Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams to undertake an eight-day mission before heading back to Earth. But the plans went awry when, during the docking procedure with the ISS, Starliner suffered various thruster failures and helium leaks. This forced the astronauts to remain aboard the ISS for two months while Nasa figured out how to get them home. While Nasa is still looking at ways it could continue to use Starliner to bring the astronauts back to Earth earlier, it is also considering…