Donald Trump has issued a celestial call to action, nudging Elon Musk to send SpaceX, on a high-stakes mission—retrieving NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore from their unintended space retreat. The duo, who arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) aboard Boeing’s Starliner in June 2024 for what was supposed to be a brief…
US President Donald Trump has tasked tech titan Elon Musk’s SpaceX to bring back stranded Nasa astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore from the International Space Station (ISS) and blamed the Joe Biden administration for “abandoning” them.In what was supposed to be a 10-day mission, Williams and Wilmore have been stranded on the space station…
After an astonishing seven months aboard the International Space Station, astronaut Sunita Williams is facing a challenge to walk. It has raised quite a heated debate about her plight and how she is faring from the physical damage of such extended space travel on astronauts’ bodies. As space agencies press to venture deeper, to Mars…
One of Nasa‘s two stuck astronauts, Sunita Williams, enjoyed a much needed change of scenery on Thursday, stepping out for her first spacewalk since arriving at the International Space Station over seven months ago. Indian-origin astronaut Williams, the station’s commander, joined Nasa’s Nick Hague to tackle overdue repair tasks outside the station.Plans are in place…
NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore were scheduled to return to Earth in February 2025 following the launch of the SpaceX Crew 10. Williams and Wilmore, astronauts Nick Hague, and Aleksandr Gorbunov were launched on June 5, 2024 on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to the Crew 9 mission. However, NASA had to call off the…
NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have been making headlines for their extended stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS), far beyond their initially planned mission. Scheduled to return to Earth in February 2025, their journey home has been delayed to late March at the earliest due to technical issues with their spacecraft. Despite…
Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams is all set to carry out her first spacewalk in 12 years as part of a soon-to-launch SpaceX Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station. Renowned for pioneering space missions and her efforts for space research, Williams will perform several critical jobs outside the ISS during this next spacewalk, thus underlining…
As we bid adieu to 2024, the Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams, along with her colleagues on the International Space Station (ISS), will have an extraordinary opportunity to welcome the New Year – 16 times. While orbiting Earth at roughly 400 kilometres above, the Expedition 72 team will observe 16 distinct sunrises and sunsets as they…
NASA astronaut Sunita Williams has been in the news for many months ever since she and her colleague Butch Wilmore got stuck in space months ago after rocketing into orbit on Boeing’s Starliner capsule. Now, NASA has announced that she will be back on Earth during spring. A retired US Navy Captain of Indian-origin, Williams…
Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams‘ return from the International Space Station has been delayed again. Her return is now anticipated after March 2025 as she was originally due to be brought back aboard a Boeing Starliner. She is now being left there due to safety issues concerning the Boeing Starliner that was supposed to ferry her…