NASA astronauts from Starliner mission readjust to Earth, resume work with Boeing
Washington DC, US Reuters After nine months in space, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are readjusting to Earth life with dog walks and family time, while resuming work with Boeing to test the capsule that stranded them on the International Space Station. “It’s great getting back. I went for a run – although […]
NASA astronauts ‘Butch and Suni’ return to Earth after drawn-out mission in space
Updated: 11:10am (AEDT) Washington DC, US Reuters NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule on Tuesday with a soft splashdown off Florida’s coast, nine months after their faulty Boeing Starliner craft upended what was to be a week-long stay on the International Space Station. Their return caps a […]
NASA astronauts head home on SpaceX capsule after drawn-out space station stay
Washington DC, US Reuters NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams departed the International Space Station early on Tuesday morning in a SpaceX capsule for a long-awaited trip back to Earth, nine months after their faulty Boeing Starliner craft upended what was to be a roughly week-long test mission. Wilmore and Williams, two veteran NASA […]
Astronaut crew docks with space station to replace ‘Butch and Suni’
Washington DC, US Reuters A SpaceX capsule delivered four astronauts to the International Space Station early on Sunday in a NASA crew-swap mission that will allow a pair of stuck astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, to return home after nine months on the orbiting lab. About 29 hours since launching at 7:03pm ET on […]
Stuck NASA astronauts one step closer to home after SpaceX crew-swap launch
Washington DC, US Reuters NASA and SpaceX on Friday launched a long-awaited crew to the International Space Station that will let them bring home US astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who have been stuck on the orbital lab for nine months. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 7:03pm ET from NASA’s Kennedy Space […]
Essay: No, Elon, we should not go to Mars
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE says, in an article first published on Religion News Service, it makes more sense to spend money saving the Earth from climate change, ecological destruction and international conflicts than it does going to Mars…
NASA-SpaceX capsule switch poised to bring Starliner astronauts home days sooner
Washington DC, US Reuters NASA on Tuesday swapped out the astronaut capsule it plans to use for an upcoming routine flight to the International Space Station, a scheduling move that will allow a slightly earlier return for two Starliner astronauts who have been on the station far longer than expected. The US space agency said […]
Return of NASA astronauts from space station further delayed until late March
Reuters NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore’s return to Earth will be further delayed until at least late March, the agency said, taking what should have been an eight-day stay on the International Space Station to more than nine months. The duo had traveled to the ISS in June for the test mission, but […]
NASA astronaut hospitalised after return from space station
Washington DC, US Reuters A NASA astronaut was flown to a hospital with an unspecified medical issue on Friday shortly after returning to Earth from a nearly eight-month mission on the International Space Station, the US space agency said. The astronaut, who NASA did not name for privacy reasons, had splashed down off Florida’s coast […]
Space troubles: Astronauts’ plight piles pressure on Boeing’s struggling space unit
JOEY ROULETTE, of Reuters, reports on questions concerning the future of Boeing’s space business…