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As the struggles ensued, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunny Williams were introduced as the faces of the Starliner mission. Both are seasoned space veterans and trained professionals, yet they found themselves struggling to resolve the spacecraft’s repeated failures. Their initial launch, scheduled for June 2024, faced multiple scrubs, each time highlighting further mechanical and software issues.
When the spacecraft finally launched, it was plagued by malfunctioning thrusters, once again raising concerns. Though this mission allowed them to dock with the ISS, the journey was fraught with uncertainty.