Stranded NASA astronauts’ spacesuits aren’t compatible with SpaceX’s ship

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NASA astronauts have been stranded on the International Space Station since June, and their plan to come home with SpaceX might not happen because of incompatible spacesuits.

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00:00Two NASA astronauts are still stranded on a Boeing spacecraft,

00:03and their plan to come home on a SpaceX ship might not happen because of incompatible spacesuits.

00:09Butch Wilmore and Sonny Williams were only supposed to be in space for eight days,

00:13but are now looking for alternatives after their Boeing craft experienced a malfunction.

00:17Plan B is to fly home as the fifth and sixth passengers on a four-person spacecraft,

00:22which means they'd have to come down to Earth without their spacesuits on.

00:26It's not technically dangerous, but it does offer less protection if something

00:30goes wrong with the capsule. Another option is sending the astronauts home

00:33on a different SpaceX spacecraft that's set to reach the ISS in September.

00:38The ship could reach them with only two of its usual four crew members and send up extra spacesuits.

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