NASA is set to decide on Saturday whether astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore will return to Earth aboard Boeing’s Starliner. Stuck in space since June 6, their eight-day mission extended indefinitely. Historical tragedies, like Vladimir Komarov’s fatal Soyuz-1 crash, Soyuz 11’s depressurization, Challenger, and Columbia disasters, emphasize the peril of space missions.