NASA astronauts stuck at space station until 2025? What to know [Video]

NASA is wrestling over how and when to bring two astronauts back from the International Space Station, after repeatedly delaying their return aboard Boeing’s troubled capsule.Do they take a chance and send them home soon in Boeing’s Starliner? Or wait and bring them back next year with SpaceX?Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been up there since early June, their planned eight-day mission at the two-month mark and possibly surpassing eight months.Testing continues, with Boeing expressing confidence in its spacecraft, but NASA is divided. A decision is expected next week.What’s wrong with Boeing’s Starliner? This is Boeing’s first time launching astronauts after flying a pair of empty Starliners that suffered software and other issues. Even before Wilmore and Williams blasted off June 5, their capsule sprang a leak in propulsion-related plumbing. Boeing and NASA judged the small helium leak to be stable and isolated, and proceeded with the test flight. …