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NASA's Stranded Astronauts Take Spacewalk

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Starliner astronauts mark 239th day in orbit with successful space station spacewalk

Starliner co-pilot Sunita Williams is now the world's most experienced female spacewalker, moving up to No. 4 overall.

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NASA’s 2 stranded astronauts take first spacewalk together after 8 months stuck on International Space Station

NASA’s two stuck astronauts took their first spacewalk together Thursday, exiting the International Space Station almost eight months after moving in. Commander Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore removed a broken antenna and wiped the station’s exterior for evidence of any microbes that might still be alive after launching from Earth and escaping through vents.

NASA’s Stranded Astronauts Take Spacewalk Together Amid Ongoing Limbo

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore arrived at the International Space Station in June 2024 for what was only supposed to be a week-long stay.

NASA affirms plan with SpaceX to return astronauts

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Trump asks Elon Musk to return 2 Starliner astronauts from the ISS for NASA — but they already have a SpaceX ride home

"NASA and SpaceX are expeditiously working to safely return the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore as soon as practical, while also preparing for the launch of Crew-10 to complete a handover between expeditions," Cheryl Warner, NASA's news chief at the agency's headquarters, said in a statement to reporters.

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Elon Musk says SpaceX will rescue two ‘stranded’ astronauts. Here’s why that is confusing

While Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore’s situation is unusual, their return trip will be pretty routine, as they were already slated to fly home on a SpaceX capsule as part of a scheduled crew rotation.

Ars Technica · 1d

The long-planned return of two astronauts from space is now a political issue

So the return of Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore has never been a political story—until this week. And it's a good thing that the two will be in space tomorrow because, as attested to in the tagline for the movie Alien, in space, no one can hear you scream.

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Astronauts at the center of Starliner drama step out for spacewalk after more than 7 months in orbit

Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are conducting a spacewalk outside the International Space Station to remove ...

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NASA’s 2 stuck astronauts take their first spacewalk together

NASA's two stuck astronauts are taking their first spacewalk together, exiting the International Space Station almost eight ...

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NASA astronauts free stuck radio unit, collect microbes and set record on station spacewalk

Suni Williams surpasses the most time by a woman on EVA during a spacewalk with Butch Wilmore outside the International Space ...

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Watch NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore perform spacewalk outside the ISS today (video)

Williams and Wilmore both arrived at the ISS last June, aboard the first crewed test flight of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft.

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Chinese astronauts make rocket fuel and oxygen in space using 1st-of-its kind 'artificial photosynthesis'

Astronauts on board China's "heavenly palace" space station have demonstrated a new way of making rocket fuel products and ...

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