2 Astronauts Blasted Off to Space for Short Mission. They Ended Up Being 'Stranded' for Nearly 300 Days

2 Astronauts Blasted Off to Space for Short Mission. They Ended Up Being 'Stranded' for Nearly 300 Days

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams went to space on June 5, 2024 — and spent the next 286 days at the International Space Station due to a series of delaysNASA HANDOUT/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Butch Wilmore and Suni WilliamsNEED TO KNOWOn June 5, 2024, two NASA astronauts set off in a Boeing Starliner spacecraft for a trip that turned into a nine-month stay at the International Space StationThe Starliner faced helium leaks and issues with the reaction …

This Space Force Astronaut Wants to See More Troops in Orbit

Last year, Space Force Col. Nick Hague—about to become the first active-duty Guardian to launch into space—was thrown a curveball. After 18 months of training to lead a four-person crew, he was reassigned as the commander of a two-member mission: to rescue two astronauts stranded aboard the International Space Station. For just a couple of weeks, Hague and his crewmate, Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, intensely trained to return Barry W…