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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…
Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmor are expected to return in February next year. NASA today picked Elon Musk’s SpaceX to bring back Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore from space next year. Eighty days ago, the two astronauts arrived at the International Space Station aboard Boeing’s Starliner for an 8-day mission. They were forced to extend…
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Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams are former military test pilots Washington: Two NASA astronauts who flew to the International Space Station in June aboard Boeing’s faulty Starliner capsule will need to return to Earth on a SpaceX vehicle early next year, NASA said on Saturday, deeming issues with Starliner’s propulsion system too risky to carry…
Launched on June 5, the test flight landed on the International Space Station (ISS) on June 6. In June 2024, when the Boeing Starliner spacecraft carried NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore to space, it was going to be a short eight-day mission. However, it’s been 80 days since the launch and the two…
Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore were sent on an eight-day mission to ISS (File) Washington: Boeing’s first crewed Starliner test flight, carrying NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore, has been stuck in space for the past two months. The journey, originally an eight-day mission, has now completed 80 days in space. NASA officials will…
Starliner spacecraft launched in June carrying Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore (File) Washington, United States: NASA said on Wednesday that astronauts delivered to the International Space Station by Boeing’s Starliner could return on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon in February 2025 if Starliner is still deemed unsafe to return to Earth. Starliner spacecraft launched in June carrying two…
Mr Somanath said he expects Ms Williams to return on the Boeing Starliner capsule. New Delhi: Astronaut Sunita Williams’ mission may have been prolonged because of glitches in the Boeing Starliner capsule but she is in the “safest possible place in space” and there is no cause for concern, ISRO Chairman S Somanath has said. …
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The astronauts sent their ‘godspeed’ wishes to athletes competing in Paris Olympics New Delhi: For 52 days and counting, Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams is in limbo at the International Space Station, but in a new video, she is seen celebrating the Olympics spirit in the weightless atmosphere, 400 kilometres above Paris. She can be seen…
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Ms Williams and Butch Wilmore also participated in vein scans using an ultrasound device. Having taken off on Boeing Starliner’s maiden flight for what was supposed to be a 10-day mission, Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams has now been in space for 50 days and counting. The Starliner has faced glitches in the propulsion system following…
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Story so far: Veteran American astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry (Butch) Wilmore, are still docked with the International Space Station (ISS) since June 6 after facing delays, space debris threats, helium leaks and technical glitches on the Starliner spacecraft on which they travelled. The U.S Space Agency — National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) —…
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