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When asked if the two stranded astronauts were "excited" about spending many more months on the station, NASA's ISS program manager Dana Weigel said that the pair were "aware" that NASA is "always ...
Two astronauts are stuck aboard the ISS after Boeing's Starliner suffered post-launch issues. We explore the causes of the failure, the risks they face, and the steps being taken to rescue them.
US News How stranded astronauts who went to ISS on 8-day voyage are preparing for possible 6 months in space By Steve Helling Published Aug. 8, 2024, 7:05 p.m. ET ...
NASA Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have landed back on Earth after a faulty spacecraft turned their eight-day expedition into a protracted, nine-month mission. The veteran Nasa ...
They’re temporary extraterrestrials about to phone home. The NASA astronauts already trapped in space for months are due to call Earth on Friday afternoon to discuss their ongoing plight that ...
NASA Astronauts, Stranded in Space for 10 Months, Expected To Return to Earth as Early as Sunday ‘We’ll be coming home, riding the plasma, splashing in the ocean, so that’s what we’re looking forward ...
After being stranded for over nine months, NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are set to undock from the International Sp ...
Stranded NASA Astronauts Share Their Reaction When Learning They Had to Stay in Space for Months, Not Days Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth earlier this month after unexpectedly ...
Back in 2014, NASA announced a pair of "groundbreaking" contracts, granted to Boeing and SpaceX, aiming to bring the job of ferrying astronauts to and from the orbiting International Space Station ...
Whether the astronauts are stranded or not, NASA now faces a difficult decision it needs to make within the next week or so about the safest way to bring them back to Earth.
Astronauts Suni Williams (lower) and Butch Wilmore (left) were originally supposed to return to Earth in June of last year. Instead, they've been part of the latest crew of the International Space ...
And the two astronauts supported the agency’s decision, though it means more time away from their loved ones back on Earth, says Norm Knight, director of flight operations at NASA.