During an interview, Starliner astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams revealed that Starliner's problems were much worse than NASA acted.

Wilmore revealed that after Starliner 's thrusters failed, he lost control of the spacecraft just before docking at the International Space Station (ISS). The duo had launched to the ISS on June 7 but returned on March 19 in a SpaceX Dragon capsule, spending nine months instead of eight days in space.

The seasoned astronauts were left floating in space after four thrusters caused the capsule to lose all control.

Starliner returned autonomously in early September. Since then, NASA and Boeing have been reviewing data from the test flight. (Unfortunately, the errant thrusters were located on the service module of the spacecraft, which is jettisoned before reentry and was not recovered.)

"It is likely to be in the timeframe of late this calendar year or early next year for the next Starliner flight."

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, in their first public comments since returning to Earth, tell FOX News about their thoughts when they found out their short test flight was going to be a lot longer.

Stranded” NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore launched June 2024 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Crew-9’s return to Earth was 9 months later.

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were brought back to Earth in a SpaceX capsule after problems with Boeing’s Starliner delayed their return by about nine months.