On August 24, NASA announced that astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams would remain aboard the International Space Station until next year after deeming it unsafe to return on the spacecraft they arrived on, Boeing’s Starliner. The Starliner will return to Earth uncrewed in September, and Wilmore and Williams will return to Earth […]
Boeing employees feel “humiliated” after NASA announced that two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station when the company’s Starliner spacecraft crashed would have to be rescued by Elon Musk’s emerging rival SpaceX, a worker told the Washington Post. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who departed for the ISS in June for a planned 8-day […]
The National Laboratory of the International Space Station (ISS) is working with NASA on a call for space-based research into some of the most serious diseases of our time – such as cancer, cardiovascular disease and neurodegenerative diseases. The ISS National Lab Research Announcement (NLRA) 2024-09: Igniting Innovation: Science in Space to Cure Disease on […]
NASA Boeing Starliner crew to remain in space until February Boeing Starliner astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams are expected to remain in space until February, NASA announced Saturday. NASA management announced on Saturday that Boeing Starliner astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams will officially begin an extended eight-month stay on […]
Top line The two astronauts stuck on the International Space Station will hopefully finally return to Earth in early 2025 aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, NASA said Saturday. And not on the Boeing Starliner they arrived on, because of safety concerns about the spacecraft that could jeopardize Boeing’s lucrative contract with the space station. […]
NASA Boeing Starliner crew to remain in space until February Boeing Starliner astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams are expected to remain in space until February, NASA announced Saturday. NASA management announced on Saturday that Boeing Starliner astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams will officially begin an extended eight-month stay on […]
NASA has announced that astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who have been stuck in space since June, will have to wait until next year for a trip home. After nearly three months, the agency decided Saturday that it was too risky to return the pair to Earth in the new, damaged Boeing capsule that […]
TNASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who are stuck aboard the International Space Station (ISS), won’t be coming home anytime soon. During a press conference at the Kennedy Space Center on Saturday, August 24, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced that the space agency has abandoned the idea of bringing Wilmore and Williams home aboard […]
Two NASA astronauts who flew to the International Space Station in June aboard Boeing’s defective Starliner spacecraft will have to return to Earth early next year on a SpaceX vehicle, NASA said on Saturday, deeming problems with the Starliner’s propulsion system too risky to bring the first crew home. NASA’s decision to entrust Boeing’s biggest […]
Stranded astronauts Butch Wilmore (left) and Suni Williams will remain on the International Space Station until February instead of attempting to return to Earth in their broken Boeing Starliner, NASA said Saturday. File photo by NASA/UPI | Licensed photo Aug. 24 (UPI) – Boeing Starliner crew members Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who have been […]
