During their stay, the pair were subject to numerous international headlines about being "stranded in space" and requiring rescue. Even President Donald Trump jumped into the fray and asked Elon Musk’s SpaceX to step in and bring them home. The plan to bring Williams and Wilmore home via S...
Elon Musk’s offer to bring home stranded astronauts never reached the space station, say NASA astronauts who are still in orbit after 9 months BYStuart Dyos March 6, 2025 at 6:37 AM EST Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams before heading to Boeing's Starliner spacecraft Joe ...
Elon Musk has had a heated exchange with famed astronaut Andreas Mogensen who has accused him of lying over claims that two NASA astronauts had been "left" in space. Speaking during a pre-recorded interview with US PresidentDonald Trumpon Fox News,Mr M...
Elon Musk has found himself in a spat with two astronauts, who say he is lying about a pair of NASA staff allegedly being“stranded” in space by the Biden administration. SpaceXfounder Musk and President Donald Trump have repeatedly said Commander Sunita “Suni” Williams and Captain Barry “...
To be clear, NASA officials have consistently denied that Williams and Wilmore were ever “stranded.” “We always had a lifeboat, a way for them to come home,” said Steve Stich, who heads NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, under which SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft and Boeing’s Starlin...
A still publicity image shows an ominous crash in the film “Star Trek: Into Darkness."(Image credit: Paramount Pictures) The cast and crew of the newest "Star Trek" film will open hailing frequencies with real-life astronauts in space and on the ground, and you can follow the action int...
Boeing Starliner astronauts on the ISS set the story straight: 'We don't feel stranded' Astronaut Scott Kelly joins 'Mission Dry', stars in Goodnites underwear campaign film Peggy's tips Astronaut Peggy Whitson floats in the cupola on board the International Space Station, backdropped by the...
"Suni and Butch have never been 'stranded' in space," Hadfield wrote. "They're prepared and committed to the mission, like all professional astronauts. Suni's Space Station commander, they're doing spacewalks, working hard on behalf of NASA and all partners, having the tim...
Boeing hoped that this test flight would be sufficient for NASA to certify the Starliner as ready for regular missions. Indeed, NASA would prefer to have two different space taxis so that its astronauts would not be stranded if something were to happen to one of the capsules. ...
To be clear, NASA officials have consistently denied that Williams and Wilmore were ever “stranded.” “We always had a lifeboat, a way for them to come home,” said Steve Stich, who heads NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, under which SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacec...