On the eve of his 70th birthday, Don Pettit, NASA’s oldest active-duty astronaut, and two cosmonaut crewmates undocked from the International Space Station Saturday and geared up for a fiery overnight plunge back to Earth to close out a 220-day expedition. Pettit, Soyuz MS-26/72S commander Alexey Ovchinin and flight engineer Ivan Vagner undocked from the…
Being weightless affects everything from the way food tastes to getting a good night’s sleep. Here’s what it’s like to spend months in space. Ask any astronaut who has spent extended periods in the International Space Station what the most challenging part was, and they will probably say missing friends and family. While there are…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s celebrity astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams said Monday that they hold themselves partly responsible for what went wrong on their space sprint-turned-marathon and would fly on Boeing’s Starliner again. SpaceX recently ferried the duo home after more than nine months at the International Space Station, filling in for…
Si tu viaje de trabajo de ocho días se alargara nueve meses inesperadamente, podrías esperar que te pagaran algunas horas extras. No es el caso de Suni Williams y Butch Wilmore, los astronautas de la NASA que pasaron 278 días adicionales en la Estación Espacial Internacional tras averiarse su nave. El martes amerizaron en la…
With a fresh crew now aboard the International Space Station, the four fliers they are replacing — including long-delayed Starliner astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita Williams — packed up Monday for their return to Earth to finally close out an extended 286-day stay in space. Wilmore and Williams, who launched last June aboard Boeing’s…
Starliner’s replacement crew finally launches NASA, SpaceX launch Starliner astronauts’ replacement crew 03:34 Just over a day after blasting off, a SpaceX crew capsule arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday, delivering the replacements for NASA’s two stuck astronauts. The four newcomers — representing the U.S., Japan and Russia — will spend the next…
NASA, SpaceX launch Starliner astronauts’ replacement crew – CBS News Watch CBS News Following multiple delays, a SpaceX rocket carrying four astronauts finally blasted off Friday bound for the International Space Station on a flight that sets the stage for Starliner astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams to finally come home after nearly 300 days…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A launch pad problem prompted SpaceX to delay a flight to the International Space Station on Wednesday to replace NASA’s two stuck astronauts. The new crew needs to get to the International Space Station before Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams can head home after nine months in orbit. Concerns over…
NASA is finally ready to launch its next space station crew, clearing the way for Starliner astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita Williams to head back to Earth more than nine months after they took off on what they thought would be an eight-day stay in space. Crew 10 commander Anne McClain, pilot Nichole Ayers,…
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has alleged that the Biden administration deliberately delayed the return of Nasa astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore from the International Space Station (ISS), despite his company offering a rescue mission months ago.Musk took to X to claim that the astronauts, originally set for an eight-day mission, have been stranded in…