Boeing's beleaguered Starliner capsule leaves ISS with no astronauts on board

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SpaceX will instead bring Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore back in late February, stretching their original eight-day mission to more than eight months.

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00:00Boeing�s new astronaut capsule has departed the International Space Station without its

00:07crew on board.

00:09NASA�s two test pilots Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore have stayed behind on the ISS.

00:15That�s after NASA logged a range of problems with Boeing�s Starliner capsule from thruster

00:21failures to helium leaks.

00:24The space agency decided it was too risky to let Williams and Wilmore use the craft

00:29to return to Earth.

00:32SpaceX will instead bring the duo back in late February, stretching their original eight-day

00:36mission to more than eight months.

00:40NASA said earlier this week that teams have been so focused on Starliner�s return that

00:44they�ve had no time to think about what happens next for Boeing.

00:49But the space agency said it�s committed to having two competing U.S. companies transporting

00:54astronauts.

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