 This bill is unlikely to make it past the Senate, and if it does, President Biden has already said he opposes the bill. Ashley Lopez, NPR News. Two astronauts say they're confident a new spacecraft built by Boeing can return them safely to Earth despite technical glitches. NPR's Jeff Bromfield reports the astronauts have been in space since June. Speaking from the International Space Station, astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sonny Williams said they had no doubt that Boeing's new Starliner spacecraft could get them back to Earth. Sonny Williams.