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

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

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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Sunita Williams’ Christmas Video Sparks Debate Online, NASA Responds

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Sunita Williams’ Christmas Video Sparks Debate Online, NASA Responds

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who are currently stuck at the International Space Station (ISS), celebrated Christmas in space with Santa hats, sparking several conspiracy theories on social media. The video, posted by the US space agency, showed Williams wearing a red t-shirt, while three of her colleagues wore the Santa caps. Social…

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How NASA Ensures That Astronauts At Space Station Can Vote

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How NASA Ensures That Astronauts At Space Station Can Vote

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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Space X To Bring Back Sunita Williams On Way To International Space Station

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Space X To Bring Back Sunita Williams On Way To International Space Station

Washington: The NASA-SpaceX spacecraft, carrying Crew-9 members NASA astronaut Nick Hague (commander) and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov (mission specialist), was on its way to the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday, in a mission that aims to bring stranded Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams back to Earth in February next year. The NASA-SpaceX mission safely reached…

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NASA still deciding whether to keep 2 astronauts at space station until next year

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NASA still deciding whether to keep 2 astronauts at space station until next year

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 NASA said on Wednesday (August 14, 2024) it’s…

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