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Rescue ready for standed space station crew
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Two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station since June are finally to return to Earth.
NASA crew members Suni Williams ,59, and Butch Wilmore ,62, will be brought back to Earth by Tesla billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX mission which docked with the ISS on Sunday.
US space agency NASA and SpaceX mission managers are targeting a return based on favourable conditions forecasted for the evening of Tuesday, March 18.
This will allow the space station crew members time to complete handover duties while providing operational flexibility ahead of less helpful weather conditions expected for later in the week.
Williams, and Wilmore will be returning with another NASA crew member, Nick Hague, 49, as well as Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, 32.
Originally, Williams and Wilmore traveled to the ISS aboard Boeing's Starliner capsule in June 2024 for what was supposed to be a short-duration test flight. However, technical malfunctions, including helium leaks and thruster failures, delayed their return for months.
The anticipated ocean splashdown off the Florida coast is timed for approximately 21:57 GMT on Tuesday due to the favourable conditions forecast.
Wilmore and Williams have been stuck for nine months after what was meant to have been a days-long roundtrip.
Their prolonged stay was significantly longer than the standard ISS rotation for astronauts of roughly six months.
But it is much shorter than the US space record of 371 days set by NASA astronaut Frank Rubio aboard the ISS in 2023, or the world record held by Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov, who spent 437 continuous days aboard his country’s Mir space station.
OPS: The four ISS crew members coming back with SpaceX pose for an offivial photo. Extreme left, Butch Wilmore; Extreme right: Suni Williams. Back row centre Nick Hague and front row centre in g -
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NASA's Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore return to earth after 9 months
NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore is helped out of a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship MEGAN after he, NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov landed in the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. Hague, Gorbunov, Williams, and Wilmore are returning from a long-duration science expedition aboard the International Space Station. (POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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NASA's Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore return to earth after 9 months
NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore, left, Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, second from left, and NASA astronauts Nick Hague, second from right, and Suni Williams, right are seen inside a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship MEGAN shortly after having landed in the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. Hague, Gorbunov, Williams, and Wilmore are returning from a long-duration science expedition aboard the International Space Station. (POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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NASA's Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore return to earth after 9 months
NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore is helped out of a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship MEGAN after he, NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov landed in the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. Hague, Gorbunov, Williams, and Wilmore are returning from a long-duration science expedition aboard the International Space Station. (POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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US Astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore on way back to Earth
SpaceX Crew-9 members are suited up in their Dragon pressure suits testing them for a fit check one week before their departure aboard the Dragon crew spacecraft. Clockwise from top left are, NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Nick Hague, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov. The Commercial Crew quartet is pictured inside the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory module. (POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) -
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US Astronauts stuck in space
After suit-up and final fit checks, NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams participate in a traditional game of rock, paper, scissors inside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. The crew members are preparing for launch to the International Space Station aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at nearby Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 10:52 a.m. EDT. (POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) -
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US Astronauts stuck in space
NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams say goodbye to friends and family upon exiting the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. The crew members are on their way to load up into Boeing’s Astrovan for the trip to the launch pad of Space Launch Complex-41 at nearby Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, where they will launch to the International Space Station aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at 10:52 a.m. EDT. (POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) -
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US Astronauts stuck in space
NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronaut Suni Williams relaxes in the suit-up room in the Astronaut Crew Quarters inside Kennedy Space Center’s Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building in Florida a few hours before launch on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. As part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, Williams, joined by NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore, is preparing for the first crewed launch to the International Space Station aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at nearby Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 10:52 a.m. EDT. (POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) -
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Christmas message from NASA space station crew
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24/12/2024
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Four astronauts from US space agency NASA aboard the International Space Station have given a Christmas message from outer space.
The crew, part of seven people manning the station, include Suni Williams, 59, and Butch Wilmore ,61, who have been stranded aboard since June where they were due to return to Earth.
Because of problems with the Boeing Starliner craft that brought them to the station they must wait until February for a rescue mission by Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
But they were able to share a special message with fellow NASA crew mates Don Pettit ,69 and Nick Hague, 49.
They shared holiday greetings and expressed well wishes to those back home on Earth during a pre-recorded message made on December 23.
Apart from the four NASA astronauts there are three Russian cosmonauts, Alexey Ovchinn, 53, Ivan Wagner,39, and Aleksandr Gorbunov,34.
Williams, the space station commander, said: ”As we get ready for the Christmas holidays, it’s a great time to spend it with all of our family up on the Space Station.
"There are seven of us here, and we are going to enjoy it together."
Williams said one of her favourite aspects of Christmas is the preparation and anticipation that comes with the holiday season.
She added: ”It's all about getting ready and everybody coming together for the holidays.”
A NASA spokesperson said: “All seven aboard the seven astronauts and cosmonauts will spend Christmas and New Year’s Day orbiting Earth taking time to relax, open gifts, share a meal, and talk to family.”
OPS: Back row, Don Petit, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. Front row Nick Hague (red and white hooped t-shirt).
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Christmas message from NASA space station crew
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24/12/2024
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Four astronauts from US space agency NASA aboard the International Space Station have given a Christmas message from outer space.
The crew, part of seven people manning the station, include Suni Williams, 59, and Butch Wilmore ,61, who have been stranded aboard since June where they were due to return to Earth.
Because of problems with the Boeing Starliner craft that brought them to the station they must wait until February for a rescue mission by Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
But they were able to share a special message with fellow NASA crew mates Don Pettit ,69 and Nick Hague, 49.
They shared holiday greetings and expressed well wishes to those back home on Earth during a pre-recorded message made on December 23.
Apart from the four NASA astronauts there are three Russian cosmonauts, Alexey Ovchinn, 53, Ivan Wagner,39, and Aleksandr Gorbunov,34.
Williams, the space station commander, said: ”As we get ready for the Christmas holidays, it’s a great time to spend it with all of our family up on the Space Station.
"There are seven of us here, and we are going to enjoy it together."
Williams said one of her favourite aspects of Christmas is the preparation and anticipation that comes with the holiday season.
She added: ”It's all about getting ready and everybody coming together for the holidays.”
A NASA spokesperson said: “All seven aboard the seven astronauts and cosmonauts will spend Christmas and New Year’s Day orbiting Earth taking time to relax, open gifts, share a meal, and talk to family.”
OPS: Back row, Don Petit, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. Front row Nick Hague (red and white hooped t-shirt).
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Christmas message from NASA space station crew
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ISS 1
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24/12/2024
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Four astronauts from US space agency NASA aboard the International Space Station have given a Christmas message from outer space.
The crew, part of seven people manning the station, include Suni Williams, 59, and Butch Wilmore ,61, who have been stranded aboard since June where they were due to return to Earth.
Because of problems with the Boeing Starliner craft that brought them to the station they must wait until February for a rescue mission by Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
But they were able to share a special message with fellow NASA crew mates Don Pettit ,69 and Nick Hague, 49.
They shared holiday greetings and expressed well wishes to those back home on Earth during a pre-recorded message made on December 23.
Apart from the four NASA astronauts there are three Russian cosmonauts, Alexey Ovchinn, 53, Ivan Wagner,39, and Aleksandr Gorbunov,34.
Williams, the space station commander, said: ”As we get ready for the Christmas holidays, it’s a great time to spend it with all of our family up on the Space Station.
"There are seven of us here, and we are going to enjoy it together."
Williams said one of her favourite aspects of Christmas is the preparation and anticipation that comes with the holiday season.
She added: ”It's all about getting ready and everybody coming together for the holidays.”
A NASA spokesperson said: “All seven aboard the seven astronauts and cosmonauts will spend Christmas and New Year’s Day orbiting Earth taking time to relax, open gifts, share a meal, and talk to family.”
OPS: Back row, Don Petit, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. Front row Nick Hague (red and white hooped t-shirt).
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Christmas message from NASA space station crew
Ferrari Press Agency
ISS 1
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24/12/2024
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Picture MUST credit: NASA
Four astronauts from US space agency NASA aboard the International Space Station have given a Christmas message from outer space.
The crew, part of seven people manning the station, include Suni Williams, 59, and Butch Wilmore ,61, who have been stranded aboard since June where they were due to return to Earth.
Because of problems with the Boeing Starliner craft that brought them to the station they must wait until February for a rescue mission by Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
But they were able to share a special message with fellow NASA crew mates Don Pettit ,69 and Nick Hague, 49.
They shared holiday greetings and expressed well wishes to those back home on Earth during a pre-recorded message made on December 23.
Apart from the four NASA astronauts there are three Russian cosmonauts, Alexey Ovchinn, 53, Ivan Wagner,39, and Aleksandr Gorbunov,34.
Williams, the space station commander, said: ”As we get ready for the Christmas holidays, it’s a great time to spend it with all of our family up on the Space Station.
"There are seven of us here, and we are going to enjoy it together."
Williams said one of her favourite aspects of Christmas is the preparation and anticipation that comes with the holiday season.
She added: ”It's all about getting ready and everybody coming together for the holidays.”
A NASA spokesperson said: “All seven aboard the seven astronauts and cosmonauts will spend Christmas and New Year’s Day orbiting Earth taking time to relax, open gifts, share a meal, and talk to family.”
OPS: Back row, Don Petit, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. Front row Nick Hague (red and white hooped t-shirt).
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Christmas message from NASA space station crew
Ferrari Press Agency
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24/12/2024
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Picture MUST credit: NASA
Four astronauts from US space agency NASA aboard the International Space Station have given a Christmas message from outer space.
The crew, part of seven people manning the station, include Suni Williams, 59, and Butch Wilmore ,61, who have been stranded aboard since June where they were due to return to Earth.
Because of problems with the Boeing Starliner craft that brought them to the station they must wait until February for a rescue mission by Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
But they were able to share a special message with fellow NASA crew mates Don Pettit ,69 and Nick Hague, 49.
They shared holiday greetings and expressed well wishes to those back home on Earth during a pre-recorded message made on December 23.
Apart from the four NASA astronauts there are three Russian cosmonauts, Alexey Ovchinn, 53, Ivan Wagner,39, and Aleksandr Gorbunov,34.
Williams, the space station commander, said: ”As we get ready for the Christmas holidays, it’s a great time to spend it with all of our family up on the Space Station.
"There are seven of us here, and we are going to enjoy it together."
Williams said one of her favourite aspects of Christmas is the preparation and anticipation that comes with the holiday season.
She added: ”It's all about getting ready and everybody coming together for the holidays.”
A NASA spokesperson said: “All seven aboard the seven astronauts and cosmonauts will spend Christmas and New Year’s Day orbiting Earth taking time to relax, open gifts, share a meal, and talk to family.”
OPS: Back row, Don Petit, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. Front row Nick Hague (red and white hooped t-shirt).
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Christmas message from NASA space station crew
Ferrari Press Agency
ISS 1
Ref 16418
24/12/2024
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Picture MUST credit: NASA
Four astronauts from US space agency NASA aboard the International Space Station have given a Christmas message from outer space.
The crew, part of seven people manning the station, include Suni Williams, 59, and Butch Wilmore ,61, who have been stranded aboard since June where they were due to return to Earth.
Because of problems with the Boeing Starliner craft that brought them to the station they must wait until February for a rescue mission by Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
But they were able to share a special message with fellow NASA crew mates Don Pettit ,69 and Nick Hague, 49.
They shared holiday greetings and expressed well wishes to those back home on Earth during a pre-recorded message made on December 23.
Apart from the four NASA astronauts there are three Russian cosmonauts, Alexey Ovchinn, 53, Ivan Wagner,39, and Aleksandr Gorbunov,34.
Williams, the space station commander, said: ”As we get ready for the Christmas holidays, it’s a great time to spend it with all of our family up on the Space Station.
"There are seven of us here, and we are going to enjoy it together."
Williams said one of her favourite aspects of Christmas is the preparation and anticipation that comes with the holiday season.
She added: ”It's all about getting ready and everybody coming together for the holidays.”
A NASA spokesperson said: “All seven aboard the seven astronauts and cosmonauts will spend Christmas and New Year’s Day orbiting Earth taking time to relax, open gifts, share a meal, and talk to family.”
OPS: Back row, Don Petit, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. Front row Nick Hague (red and white hooped t-shirt).
Picture supplied by Ferrari
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Christmas message from NASA space station crew
Ferrari Press Agency
ISS 1
Ref 16418
24/12/2024
See Ferrari text
Picture MUST credit: NASA
Four astronauts from US space agency NASA aboard the International Space Station have given a Christmas message from outer space.
The crew, part of seven people manning the station, include Suni Williams, 59, and Butch Wilmore ,61, who have been stranded aboard since June where they were due to return to Earth.
Because of problems with the Boeing Starliner craft that brought them to the station they must wait until February for a rescue mission by Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
But they were able to share a special message with fellow NASA crew mates Don Pettit ,69 and Nick Hague, 49.
They shared holiday greetings and expressed well wishes to those back home on Earth during a pre-recorded message made on December 23.
Apart from the four NASA astronauts there are three Russian cosmonauts, Alexey Ovchinn, 53, Ivan Wagner,39, and Aleksandr Gorbunov,34.
Williams, the space station commander, said: ”As we get ready for the Christmas holidays, it’s a great time to spend it with all of our family up on the Space Station.
"There are seven of us here, and we are going to enjoy it together."
Williams said one of her favourite aspects of Christmas is the preparation and anticipation that comes with the holiday season.
She added: ”It's all about getting ready and everybody coming together for the holidays.”
A NASA spokesperson said: “All seven aboard the seven astronauts and cosmonauts will spend Christmas and New Year’s Day orbiting Earth taking time to relax, open gifts, share a meal, and talk to family.”
OPS: Back row, Don Petit, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. Front row Nick Hague (red and white hooped t-shirt).
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US Astronauts stuck in space
NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronaut Suni Williams relaxes in the suit-up room in the Astronaut Crew Quarters inside Kennedy Space Center’s Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building in Florida a few hours before launch on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. As part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, Williams, joined by NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore, is preparing for the first crewed launch to the International Space Station aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at nearby Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 10:52 a.m. EDT. (POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) -
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US Astronauts stuck in space
After suit-up and final fit checks, NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams participate in a traditional game of rock, paper, scissors inside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. The crew members are preparing for launch to the International Space Station aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at nearby Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 10:52 a.m. EDT. (POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) -
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US Astronauts stuck in space
NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams say goodbye to friends and family upon exiting the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. The crew members are on their way to load up into Boeing’s Astrovan for the trip to the launch pad of Space Launch Complex-41 at nearby Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, where they will launch to the International Space Station aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at 10:52 a.m. EDT. (POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)