If you mean this article[1], then these opening paragraphs should help you be less confused:
A SpaceX Crew Dragon, on a mission dubbed Crew-8, left the International Space Station on Wednesday, but Williams and Wilmore were once again be left behind for the simple reason that they were not assigned to that specific spacecraft.
Notably, the four astronauts that were assigned to Crew-8’s mission — NASA’s Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps as well as Alexander Grebenkin of the Russian space agency, Roscosmos — had been on the ISS since March 5, roughly three months longer than Williams and Wilmore.
That’s because the Crew-8 team was part of a regular crew rotation at the orbiting laboratory, and routine missions typically last about six months.
The team disembarked from the ISS Wednesday afternoon and headed for a splashdown off the coast of Florida. That happened on Friday at about 3:29 a.m. ET.
Looks like the CNN article was saying the Starliner test crew wasn't on this flight, which is true. The original astronauts who flew on Crew-8 were the ones that just came back in the same vehicle they left on. Crew-9 was launched with only two astronauts, to leave room for the Starliner astronauts when it returns next year.
Im confused. Cnn reports that these astronauts were NOT on the spacex capaule. So which is it? Did they disappear?
If you mean this article[1], then these opening paragraphs should help you be less confused:
A SpaceX Crew Dragon, on a mission dubbed Crew-8, left the International Space Station on Wednesday, but Williams and Wilmore were once again be left behind for the simple reason that they were not assigned to that specific spacecraft.
Notably, the four astronauts that were assigned to Crew-8’s mission — NASA’s Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps as well as Alexander Grebenkin of the Russian space agency, Roscosmos — had been on the ISS since March 5, roughly three months longer than Williams and Wilmore.
That’s because the Crew-8 team was part of a regular crew rotation at the orbiting laboratory, and routine missions typically last about six months.
The team disembarked from the ISS Wednesday afternoon and headed for a splashdown off the coast of Florida. That happened on Friday at about 3:29 a.m. ET.
[1] https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/24/science/boeing-astronauts-spa...
Looks like the CNN article was saying the Starliner test crew wasn't on this flight, which is true. The original astronauts who flew on Crew-8 were the ones that just came back in the same vehicle they left on. Crew-9 was launched with only two astronauts, to leave room for the Starliner astronauts when it returns next year.
They definitely returned, idk what you saw on CNN