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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Two astronauts who should have been back on Earth weeks ago said Wednesday that they're confident that Boeing's space capsule can return them safely, despite a string of vexing breakdowns. NASA test pilots Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams launched aboard Boeing's new Starliner capsule early last month, the first people to ride it. Helium leaks and thruster failures almost derailed their arrival at the International Space Station, and have kept them there much longer than planned. Now the earliest they could return may be the end...

“We are having a great time here on ISS,” Williams said Wednesday. “Butch and I have been up here before and it feels like coming back home. It feels good to float around, it feels good to be in space and work up here with the International Space Station team. It’s great to be up here so I’m not complaining, Butch isn’t complaining, that we’re here for a couple extra weeks.” The trip was initially supposed to be a weeklong test drive of the new spaceship, but Wilmore and Williams...

Two NASA astronauts have been in space for weeks longer than expected as Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft continues to undergo repairs. But the interstellar duo, flight commander Barry “Butch” Wilmore and flight pilot Sunita “Suni” Williams, have managed to remain in positive spirits, according to a Wednesday press conference. “We are having a great time here on ISS,” Williams said Wednesday. “Butch and I have been up here before and it feels like coming back home. It feels good to float around, it feels good to be in space and work...