Mission to Retrieve Stuck Astronauts Delayed Written 13 March 2025
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Butch Wilmore (center) assists Suni Williams (left) and Flight Engineer Nick Hague (right), as they prepare to evaluate their spacesuits in a pressurized configuration. | Credit: NASA
Reuters reports, “NASA and SpaceX on Wednesday delayed the launch of a replacement crew of four astronauts to the International Space Station that would have set in motion the long-awaited homecoming of U.S. astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. NASA had been set to launch a SpaceX rocket from Florida carrying a replacement crew for the International Space Station in a mission that would set up the return to Earth of Wilmore and Williams – stuck in space for nine months after a trip on Boeing’s faulty Starliner.”
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