‘Stranded’ astronauts head out for spacewalk after Trump demands early return
President Donald Trump took to social media this week to announce he had directed SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to “go get” two NASA astronauts who have been on a protracted stay at the International Space Station after their Boeing Starliner mission, which launched in June and was expected to last about eight days, ran into multiple technical issues.
Starliner co-pilot Sunita Williams is now the world's most experienced female spacewalker, moving up to No. 4 overall.
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NASA astronaut Suni Williams sets new record on 5.5-hour spacewalk outside ISS (video)NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were able to remove a stuck radio communications unit on a record-setting ...
Williams and Wilmore both arrived at the ISS last June, aboard the first crewed test flight of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft.
Among the objectives of the walk, there was an intriguing scientific objective: The duo swabbed the surface material around ...
The robotic arm delivered NASA astronaut Suni Williams to a worksite during a record-breaking spacewalk at the International ...
Nasa astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore completed a record-setting 5.5-hour spacewalk outside the ISS, adding to ...
Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong, part of China's three-person Shenzhou 19 mission, completed an 8.5-hour extravehicular activity ...
The four American astronauts aboard the ISS, including the Boeing Starliner crew, spoke to USA TODAY in an exclusive interview Tuesday.
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