Boeing Starliner astronauts will delay return home due to issues with spacecraft WPXI [Video]

The return to Earth of Boeing’s Starliner capsule will be delayed a few more days, according to NASA, because the ship is having thruster issues.

NASA announced Tuesday that Starliner will conclude its first human mission to the International Space Station (ISS) no earlier than June 26, nearly three weeks after it launched.

The landing is scheduled for White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico at 4:51 a.m., according to Space.com.

The two astronauts, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, were originally supposed to spend about a week at the ISS, CNN reported.

NASA and Boeing are using the extra time to continue evaluating thruster issues that interfered with Starliner’s first ISS docking attempt on June 6. Additionally, a postponed ISS maintenance spacewalk will now take place on June 24, two days before Starliner’s scheduled departure, according to Space.com.

Officials have said there is no reason to believe Starliner won’t be able to bring the astronauts back home safely, said Steve Stich, …