The suits also ensure astronauts have sufficient oxygen and regulate their temperature. A communications link and breathable air are provided via a single "umbilical" cable in the seat that plugs ...
Like trying to plug an essentially outdated USB A ... Other plans include flying up suitable Dragon-connecting space suits for the two astronauts on a later mission, should Starliner be deemed ...
As the New York Times reports, astronaut Tracy Dyson discovered the leak just moments after switching her suit to battery power. The umbilical cooling unit attached to her suit started leaking ...
That means their suits wouldn't have anywhere to plug in anyway. Fortunately, NASA has an entirely separate option to get the two astronauts back down to the ground: SpaceX's upcoming Crew-9 ...