--- title: Two Astronauts Are Left Behind in Space as Boeing’s Troubled Capsule Returns to Earth Empty | TIME description: Boeing’s first astronaut mission ended Friday night with an empty capsule landing and two test pilots still in space, left behind until next year because NASA judged their return too risky. canonical: https://time.com/video/z7oS5NDo/ og:title: Two Astronauts Are Left Behind in Space as Boeing’s Troubled Capsule Returns to Earth Empty og:description: Boeing’s first astronaut mission ended Friday night with an empty capsule landing and two test pilots still in space, left behind until next year because NASA judged their return too risky. og:url: https://time.com/video/z7oS5NDo/ og:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/z7oS5NDo/poster.jpg?width=720 og:type: video.other twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Two Astronauts Are Left Behind in Space as Boeing’s Troubled Capsule Returns to Earth Empty twitter:description: Boeing’s first astronaut mission ended Friday night with an empty capsule landing and two test pilots still in space, left behind until next year because NASA judged their return too risky. twitter:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/z7oS5NDo/poster.jpg?width=720 --- * Science # Two Astronauts Are Left Behind in Space as Boeing’s Troubled Capsule Returns to Earth Empty ## Video: Two Astronauts Are Left Behind in Space as Boeing’s Troubled Capsule Returns to Earth Empty [Watch (HLS stream): Two Astronauts Are Left Behind in Space as Boeing’s Troubled Capsule Returns to Earth Empty](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/z7oS5NDo.m3u8) (2:23)  _Published 2024-09-09. Boeing’s first astronaut mission ended Friday night with an empty capsule landing and two test pilots still in space, left behind until next year because NASA judged their return too risky._ --- Sep 9, 2024 6:20 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [](/video/dhOyuHYR/) 02:21 ### 4 Astronauts Return to Earth After Being Delayed by Boeing’s Capsule Trouble and Hurricane Milton [](/video/CiTg5dx3/) 02:45 ### Stranded Astronauts Make First Public Comments Since Boeing Capsule Left Without Them [](/video/904li2BX/) 00:39 ### SpaceX Dragon Capsule With NASA Astronauts Makes Successful Splashdown --- ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Two Astronauts Are Left Behind in Space as Boeing’s Troubled Capsule Returns to Earth Empty","description":"Boeing’s first astronaut mission ended Friday night with an empty capsule landing and two test pilots still in space, left behind until next year because NASA judged their return too risky.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/z7oS5NDo/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2024-09-09T17:24:23.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/z7oS5NDo.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/video/z7oS5NDo/","duration":"PT2M23S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/video/z7oS5NDo/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}} ```