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NASA decides to keep 2 astronauts in space until February, nixes return on troubled Boeing capsule (apnews.com)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Oh, have they confirmed the revised crew members for Crew-9? I must have missed that.

[–] mercano 4 points 3 months ago

That’s what I was reading on Wikipedia at the time, it’s since been changed to commander TBD. Aleksandr Gorbunov is unbumpable, as he’s flying through the seat swap agreement between NASA and Roscosmos, so he’s been moved from mission specialist to pilot. Ars is reporting that they’ve heard that original commander Zena Cardman has retained her seat, but I guess it isn’t official and there’s some concern with some at NASA that neither Cardman nor Gorbunnov have flown in space before. NASA hasn’t flown an all-rookie flight since Skylab 4, the last crew to visit that station.