NASA’s Sunita Williams, Butch recall Starliner’s journey to space: ‘We didn’t know if we would be able to make it back’

During their space journey last year, NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore wondered whether they would have been able to ‘make it back’ home if their Starliner vehicle had not docked with the International Space Station (ISS). Starliner’s historic first test mission with NASA astronauts had issues docking with the ISS on June 6…

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How do astronauts recoup after space stay?

Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore (L) and Suni Williams pose for a portrait inside the vestibule between the forward port on the International Space Station’s Harmony module and Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft in June 2024. | Photo Credit: NASA via AP The story so far: Early on March 19 (IST), a SpaceX capsule bearing…

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Sunita Williams return: Baby feet, dizziness, weightless tongue—astronauts face health challenges after months in space

Sunita Williams return: NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are finally on their way back home to Earth, ending an extended nine-month stay on the International Space Station (ISS), but it seems that the space travel is not their biggest challenge left. While the journey back home is technical and precise, the SpaceX Dragon…

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SpaceX crew Dragon splashdown LIVE: Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore to return to Earth at 5.57 p.m. EST

NASA will provide a live coverage of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 return to Earth from the International Space Station, beginning with Dragon spacecraft hatch closure preparations at 10:45 p.m. EDT on Monday, March 17. You can check the schedule on https://www.nasa.gov/live NASA and SpaceX launched a crewed mission to the International Space Station (ISS) to…

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