US Officials Set August 18 as Earliest Date for Starliner Crew Return to Earth - NASA

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US space flight executives have set August 18 as the earliest practical date for US astronauts Barry "Butch" Gilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams to return to Earth on their problem-plagued Boeing CST-100 Starliner from the International Space Station (ISS), NASA Commercial Crew Program Manager Steve Stich told reporters.