‘Stranded’ astronauts head out for spacewalk after Trump demands early return
President Donald Trump took to social media this week to announce he had directed SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to “go get” two NASA astronauts who have been on a protracted stay at the International Space Station after their Boeing Starliner mission, which launched in June and was expected to last about eight days, ran into multiple technical issues.
While Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore’s situation is unusual, their return trip will be pretty routine, as they were already ...
"Here we go," Mr Wilmore remarked as he exited the station, 420 kilometres above Earth, in a video livestreamed by NASA on X.
Starliner co-pilot Sunita Williams is now the world's most experienced female spacewalker, moving up to number four overall.
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Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are conducting a spacewalk outside the International Space Station to remove ...
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