SpaceX
September 14, 2024
SpaceX Unicorn News - September 14, 2024
NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore will remain on the International Space Station until February 2025 following a malfunction with the Boeing Starliner capsule. Despite the extended mission, they will still be able to vote in the upcoming US presidential elections. Their return is scheduled on a SpaceX flight.
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) Stranded Astronauts Detail Challenges After Starliner MalfunctionNASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who were initially stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) due to technical issues with the Boeing Starliner capsule, will now remain on the station until at least February 2025. The Starliner capsule returned to Earth last week after NASA deemed it too risky for the astronauts to use for their return. Their mission, which began in June and was originally supposed to last eight days, has now been extended to over eight months. Despite the extended mission, Williams and Wilmore will still be able to vote from space in the US presidential elections on November 5, thanks to NASA's secure voting procedures for astronauts. The astronauts are scheduled to return to Earth on a SpaceX flight in February 2025. The ISS population temporarily increased to 12 with the recent arrival of a Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russians and an American, and two more astronauts are expected to arrive on a SpaceX flight later this month. Two capsule seats will be left empty for Williams and Wilmore's return trip.
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