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 […]
HOUSTON—NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced during a press conference on Saturday, August 24, at the Johnson Space Center that stranded astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, currently on the International Space Station (ISS), will not return on Boeing’s Starliner but will return on SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft in February 2025 due to safety concerns. NASA Administrator […]
June 14 (UPI) – The Starliner’s return to Earth will now be postponed until June 22 or later, NASA announced Friday. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who launched on the long-awaited Boeing Starliner mission on June 5 and docked with the International Space Station the following day, will have to spend a little […]
HOUSTON – NASA announced Saturday that a test flight originally scheduled to last just over a week will end with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft returning home without any astronauts. Instead, a backup vehicle will be sent to the International Space Station to bring Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams back to Earth. The duo originally launched from […]
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 […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The two astronauts who will spend additional time on the International Space Station are Navy test pilots who have previously completed long missions. Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been trapped in the space station with seven others since early June, waiting for a decision on how and when […]
NASA is considering keeping the two astronauts who flew to the International Space Station in Boeing’s space capsule there until February because of problems with the spacecraft during the flight. The agency said Wednesday that it was still studying options for returning NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams safely to Earth and that no […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is wrestling with how and when to bring two astronauts back from the International Space Station after their return aboard Boeing’s wrecked capsule was repeatedly postponed. Will they take the risk and send them home soon on Boeing’s Starliner? Or will they wait and bring them back next year […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — NASA decided Saturday that it was too risky to return two astronauts to Earth in Boeing’s new, troubled capsule. They will have to wait until next year for a flight home with SpaceX. What was supposed to be a week-long test flight for the pair will now take more than eight […]
NASA is keeping its two astronauts who flew to the International Space Station on Boeing’s Starliner safely on board until next year, when they will fly home on a SpaceX Crew Dragon. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams “NASA has decided that Butch (Wilmore) and Suni (Williams) will return with Crew-9 next February and that Starliner […]
