 said Baldwin committed no crime. Two NASA astronauts say they're confident Boeing's new spacecraft can return them to Earth safely. That's despite a number of technical issues. As NPR's Jeff Brumfield reports, the astronauts were originally scheduled to leave space weeks ago. 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.