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NASA cuts 2 astronauts from SpaceX Crew-9 mission to make room for Boeing Starliner crew
• https://www.space.com, By Elizabeth HowellBoeing Starliner's astronauts will not use their spacecraft to come home after all.
Boeing Starliner's astronauts will not use their spacecraft to come home after all.
NASA simply doesn't want SpaceX to become the regular way to 'populate' the ISS. Otherwise they would simply trade the two they cut for the two that want to come back.