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NASA’s newly returned astronauts say they would fly on Boeing’s Starliner capsule again

nasaIn their first press conference since their return, the SpaceX Crew-9 astronauts answered questions about their time in space.ByMARCIA DUNN Monday, March 31, 2025 9:49PMLauren Glassberg reports on the SpaceX Crew-9 astronauts discussing their extended stay due to a spacecraft malfunction.HOUSTON, Texas — NASA’s celebrity astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams said Monday that they hold themselves partly responsible for what went wrong on their space sprint-turned-marathon and would fly on Boeing’s Starliner again.SpaceX recently ferried the duo home after more than nine months at the International Space Station, filling in for Boeing that returned to Earth without them last year.In their first news conference since coming home, the pair said they were taken aback by all the interest and insisted they were only doing their job and putting the mission ahead of themselves and even their families.Wilmore didn’t shy from accepting some of the blame for Boeing’s bungled test flight….