11 March 2025 - Return date for stranded NASA astronauts has changed again
Stranded NASA astronauts' return date is changed AGAIN
Ellyn Lapointe (Daily Mail, 11/03/2025)
NASA officials announced the pair are due back from the International Space Station (ISS) on March 16, about three days earlier than expected. Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have now spent more than nine months in space after their original eight-day mission was delayed due to technical issues with their faulty Boeing spacecraft.
For NASA astronauts on a 10-day space mission that lasted 9 months, a landing date at last
Josh Dinner (Space, 08/03/2025)
Two NASA astronauts who launched on a short mission to the International Space Station last year that turned into a 10-month marathon finally know when they'll be coming home.
NASA's 'Stranded' Astronauts Coming Home in Just About a Week
Gael Cooper, Corinne Reichert and Edward Moyer (CNET, 10/03/2025)
NASA astronauts Sunita "Suni" Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore have been on the International Space Station for more than eight months, even though they initially expected to stay for just about eight days. But it's finally time to come home. A relief crew for the ISS is expected to launch from Florida's Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday night, and Williams and Wilmore should be on their way home as early as March 16.
What's Really Happening With Elon Musk and Those ‘Stranded’ Astronauts?
Eric Berger and Ars Technica (Wired, 10/03/2025)
Over the past month there has been something more than a minor kerfuffle in the space industry over the return of two NASA astronauts from the International Space Station.
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