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NASA's two stuck astronauts took their first spacewalk together Thursday, exiting the International Space Station almost eight months after moving in.

The president has claimed the previous administration abandoned the astronauts and has called on Elon Musk for aid.

The President has asked SpaceX to bring home the two astronauts stranded on the ISS as soon as possible. We will do so.

SpaceX, led by Elon Musk, will assist in returning NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore, who have been stranded ...

The two were originally launched on a space mission aboard Boeing's Starliner capsule in June ... her eighth, with Butch Wilmore by her side next week.

Williams and Wilmore are waiting for their new ride back to Earth via SpaceX's Crew Dragon this spring. In the meantime, the veteran astronauts are busy working and living on the ISS with their fellow ...

Advertisement Williams has been on the ISS with astronaut Butch Wilmore after arriving in Boeing's new Starliner spaceship several months ago. A problem with the spacecraft's thrusters left NASA ...

“I’m coming out,” Ms Williams radioed. Ms Williams and Butch Wilmore launched aboard Boeing’s new Starliner capsule last June on what should have been a week-long test flight. But ...

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It’s been an unexpected stay for Williams and her original mission partner, Butch Wilmore. The pair launched aboard Boeing’s (much-delayed) Starliner spacecraft on June 5th, 2024, from NASA ...