Contingency planning for Space X return flight
NASA Says Boeing Starliner Astronauts May Fly Home on SpaceX in 2025
...on Wednesday, NASA officials admitted that the issues might be more serious than first thought and that the astronauts might not return on the Boeing vehicle, after all.
The agency is exploring a backup option for the astronauts, Suni Wiliams and Butch Wilmore, to instead hitch a ride back to Earth on a spacecraft built by Boeing’s competitor SpaceX.
The astronauts’ stay in orbit, which was to be as short as eight days, could be extended into next year...
...Under the contingency plan, the next SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule would travel to the space station with only two astronauts instead of four. Ms. Williams and Mr. Wilmore would then join as full-fledged members of the space station crew for a half-year stay and return on the Crew Dragon around next February...
Shaping up to be exactly what I expected.