This has to do with the fact that the CFT Starliner has to be shipped to the Boeing Facility in El Segundo for final vibration, pressure and acceptance testing prior to taking humans to space.

WHO’S COUNTING? RIGHT. WELL. WE ARE. IT’S BEEN 217 DAYS SINCE JUNE 5TH. THE DAY THE FIRST CREWED STARLINER VESSEL LAUNCHED. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AN 8 TO 10 DAY MISSION. AND NOW, HALF A YEAR ...

Late Tuesday afternoon, Elon Musk put out a message on X saying that President Donald Trump had asked him to return the two Boeing Starliner astronauts who have been on the space station since ...