NASA moves up return date for Boeing Starliner astronauts after swapping SpaceX Dragon spacecraft
NASA will return Starliner astronauts to Earth early along with their Crew-9 companions, after deciding to swap Crew-10 spacecraft to launch the SpaceX mission sooner.
NASA to bring Boeing astronauts home days earlier than expected after SpaceX capsule switch-up
After Elon Musk said SpaceX would rescue the “stranded” Starliner astronauts, NASA moved their return date up by two weeks — a slight adjustment to a plan that had already been in place for months.
NASA swaps SpaceX capsules to allow earlier return for Starliner astronauts
NASA on Tuesday swapped out the astronaut capsule it plans to use for an upcoming routine flight to the International Space Station, a scheduling move that will allow a slightly earlier return for two Starliner astronauts who have been on the station far longer than expected.
NASA to bring Boeing astronauts home earlier than planned
Contrary to claims by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and US President Donald Trump, NASA had already planned to use a SpaceX vehicle for the return of Wilmore and Williams. The strategy was announced in August, months before either Musk or Trump publicly discussed the mission.
NASA's 2 stuck astronauts may return to Earth sooner under new plan
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who is from Needham, could be coming home in mid-March because NASA will switch capsules for upcoming flights.
NASA-SpaceX capsule switch poised to bring Starliner astronauts home days sooner
NASA on Tuesday swapped out the astronaut capsule it plans to use for an upcoming routine flight to the International Space Station, a scheduling move that will allow a slightly earlier return for two Starliner astronauts who have been on the station far longer than expected.
NASA, SpaceX up timeline allowing Boeing Starliner astronauts to return sooner
SpaceX and NASA under pressure to get a pair of Boeing Starliner astronauts home sooner than later announced Tuesday they have shifted plans for the next mission to the International Space Station. The Crew-10 mission to the ISS is now targeting as early as March 12.
Astronauts Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore to return soon! NASA prepones Crew 10’s launch date; details here
NASA has replaced the astronaut capsule for its Crew-10 mission with a previously flown SpaceX Crew Dragon, allowing ...
NASA's stranded astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore to get earlier homecoming
Two NASA astronauts, stranded at the International Space Station since June, could return to Earth weeks earlier than ...
SpaceX To Launch NASA's Crew-10 On March 12 In Haste To Bring Sunita Williams Back From ISS
NASA has confirmed that the Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) will launch two weeks before the planned ...
NASA astronaut Sunita Williams says "we don't feel abandoned" or "stuck" as space mission stretches on
Starliner astronaut Sunita Williams says she and crewmate Butch Wilmore have not been "abandoned" in space, as NASA considers ...
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NASA says 2 astronauts stuck in ISS since June might return sooner than expected
The two NASA astronauts that have been stuck at the International Space Station might be able to return to Earth sooner than expected.
N.J. students chat with NASA astronaut circling 250 miles above the Earth
Students had questions. The answers came from an astronaut in the International Space Station in an out of this world school ...
NASA unveils plans to bring stuck Starliner crew back to Earth next month
By switching the next space station crew to a different ferry ship, the Starliner astronauts will get home a bit earlier than planned.