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Musk Says Trump Has Asked SpaceX To Bring “Stranded” Sunita Williams Home

January 29, 2025 admin

Washington DC: Billionaire Elon Musk on Tuesday (local time) said that US President Donald Trump had asked him to facilitate the return of the two Boeing Starliner astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been on the space station since June 2024, as soon as possible. The SpaceX CEO claimed that it was “terrible”…

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NASA’s stuck astronaut Sunita Williams steps out on spacewalk after seven months in orbit

January 16, 2025 admin

This undated handout picture from NASA released on July 2, 2024 shows NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts (from top) Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams inside the vestibule between the forward port on the International Space Station’s Harmony module and Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. | Photo Credit: AFP One of NASA’s two stuck astronauts got a…

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How NASA Ensures That Astronauts At Space Station Can Vote

November 5, 2024 admin

As the US gears up for its November 5 presidential election, an extraordinary group of voters prepares to cast their ballots from an unconventional polling station – the International Space Station (ISS). Astronauts stationed hundreds of miles above Earth are fully eligible to participate in the US elections, ensuring that even those orbiting the planet…

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Boeing can recover from its Starliner troubles, but it can’t afford any other misfires

October 8, 2024 admin

SpaceX has launched its Crew Dragon spacecraft on a “rescue mission” to bring back two astronauts stranded at the International Space Station (ISS) since June. Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams travelled to the space station on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, which was on its first mission with a human crew. But several engines malfunctioned once in space and the vehicle was found…

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SpaceX Launches Mission To Bring Back Astronauts Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore Stuck In Space

September 28, 2024 admin

SpaceX, the private company founded by billionaire Elon Musk, today launched a rescue mission with two passengers on board, leaving two seats empty to return the American astronauts who have been stranded for months on the International Space Station, NASA said. The Falcon 9 rocket took off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. It used a new launch…

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Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore to vote from space for the 2024 U.S. presidential election

September 14, 2024 admin

The New York Post reported that Since 1997, American astronauts have been casting their votes from space, thanks to a bill passed by the Texas legislature allowing NASA employees to participate in voting from space. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Stranded on the International Space Station through February, NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore plan…

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Sunita Williams, Butch Willmore On 2024 US Presidential Elections, Boeing Starliner, International Space Station

September 14, 2024 admin

Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are scheduled to return in February with Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams, who is stuck on the International Space Station (ISS), today said it was her “happy place” and that she “loves” being up there. Ms Williams and her fellow NASA colleague Butch Wilmore on June 5 took…

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Boeing’s beleaguered Starliner capsule leaves space station and heads home without any astronauts

September 6, 2024 admin

In this screen grab from a NASA livestream, the Boeing Starliner spacecraft can be seen pulling away from the International Space Station for its unmanned return to the surface of Earth on September 6, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP After months of turmoil over its safety, Boeing’s new astronaut capsule departed the International Space Station…

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Boeing’s empty capsule back to Earth soon; Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore stay aboard

September 5, 2024 admin

NASA’s Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams will close the hatches between Starliner and the space station on Thursday (September 5, 2024). | Photo Credit: AP Boeing will attempt to return its problem-plagued capsule from the International Space Station later this week — with empty seats. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said on Wednesday…

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NASA decides to keep astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore in space until February, nixes return on troubled Boeing capsule

August 24, 2024 admin

In this photo provided by NASA, astronauts Butch Wilmore, left, and Suni Williams inspect safety hardware aboard the International Space Station on August 9, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP NASA decided on Saturday (August 24, 2024) it’s too risky to bring two astronauts back to Earth in Boeing’s troubled new capsule, and they’ll have to…

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