 and liftoff of Starliner and Atlas V, carrying two American heroes... That was the launch of the company's Starliner spacecraft on June 5th for its first crewed mission on board two American astronauts heading for the International Space Station. Well, the mission was meant to last eight days. Three weeks later, the astronauts are still up there, a flight home having been delayed by technical problems. The two astronauts are not in any danger, but Boeing's programme was already a year behind schedule.