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NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams stand at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, on the day of Boeing’s Starliner-1 Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket to the International Space Station, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., June 1, 2024.

Butch Wilmore takes blame for Boeing’s bungled test flight

April 1, 2025, 08:49 AM - 4 min read

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who spent over nine months at the ISS due to Boeing’s Starliner failures, have expressed confidence in the spacecraft despite its setbacks. They acknowledge partial responsibility for the mission’s challenges and affirm their willingness to fly Starliner again once its issues are rectified.

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft was attached to the International Space Station in July, 2024. What was to be an eight-day test flight ended after a 9-month-long ordeal for the crew. Image: NASA

Space ordeal ends but questions remain

March 19, 2025, 03:47 PM - 6 min read

Both NASA and Boeing, the aerospace behemoth, have egg on their faces, as the delayed mission raises several questions over human safety and exposes the dark side of space capitalism.

Crew 9 splash down: Welcome back to Earth, Sunita, Butch

March 19, 2025, 03:40 AM - 4 min read

Sunita Williams comes home, returns to Earth after 286 days in Space.

Crew-9 astronauts Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore to splash down in Gulf of Mexico.

Homeward bound: Sunita, Butch splash down at 3:27 am

March 18, 2025, 08:49 PM - 3 min read

The crew successfully undocked from the ISS at 10:35 am IST on Tuesday, commencing a 17-hour trip back to Earth. Their landing is scheduled to take place in the Gulf of Mexico at approximately 3:27 am IST on Wednesday, though the final location will depend on local weather conditions.

They will be accompanied by NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov. (Courtesy: NASA @Commercial_Crew)

NASA sets March 18 for return of astronauts stranded on ISS

March 17, 2025, 09:32 AM - 3 min read

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams are set to return to Earth on March 18 after an unexpected nine-month stay on the ISS due to propulsion issues with the Boeing Starliner spacecraft. They will travel aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon, with splashdown off Florida’s coast scheduled for 5:57 p.m. (Florida time).

Sunita Williams set to depart ISS by March 19, says NASA

March 14, 2025, 09:22 AM - 3 min read

Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are expected to depart the International Space Station (ISS) no earlier than March 19, NASA has announced. Their return is contingent upon the successful launch of NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 mission and favourable weather conditions at splashdown locations off Florida’s coast.

NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Commander Butch Wilmore (L) and Pilot Suni Williams walk out of the Operations and Checkout Building June 05, 2024 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. File photo.

NASA crew nears homecoming after nine-month ISS stay

March 5, 2025, 08:54 AM - 3 min read

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, stranded in space for nine months, are finally nearing their return aboard a SpaceX capsule. Originally set for a brief mission, technical failures delayed their homecoming. Their departure now hinges on the arrival of replacements at the International Space Station next week.

Politics, not science, kept Sunita Williams, other astronaut stuck in space: Elon Musk.

Musk says Biden delayed Sunita Williams, Wilmore return

February 19, 2025, 07:09 PM - 3 min read

A recent controversy has erupted over the delayed return of astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore from space, with SpaceX chief Elon Musk blaming political interference rather than scientific or technical reasons.

Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams at the International Space Station on Christmas Eve.

Hope for stranded astronauts finally on the horizon

February 14, 2025, 07:06 PM - 8 min read

The two astronauts will head home on a SpaceX Dragon capsule that will leave Earth.with the ISS replacement crew on March 12. After a few days' handover period, Williams and Wilmore will leave the ISS and head home, after having spent about 250 days in orbit

Williams and Wilmore’s extended space mission nears its end as return plans are finalised.

NASA prepares for safe return of Sunita Williams, Wilmore

January 30, 2025, 11:39 AM - 3 min read

NASA is working swiftly to bring back astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) for over 230 days.

Wilmore and Williams had initially planned to return by now; however, due to an extension of their mission, they will remain in orbit until February 2025.

How NASA astronauts exercise voting rights from space

November 6, 2024, 01:45 PM - 2 min read

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams cast their ballots in the U.S. presidential election from the International Space Station, using NASA’s encrypted voting process. Voting from space, a tradition since 1997, highlights that every vote counts—no matter the distance.

Astronaut Sunita Williams welcomes Nasa’s Nick Hague and Russian Space Agency’s Alexander Gorbunov to the International Space Station.

SpaceX Crew-9 docks at ISS, set to rescue Williams, Wilmore

September 30, 2024, 07:58 AM - 3 min read

The pair had been stranded on the station since June, after safety concerns surrounding their Boeing Starliner spacecraft left them unable to return to Earth.