US EditionNASA astronaut who was stuck at the space station for months retires within a year of returning
Suni Williams ended a 27-year NASA career after a nine-month ISS mission delayed by Boeing Starliner issues, logging 608 days in space, NASA said.
- NASA announced on Dec. 27 that astronaut Suni Williams retired, effective after an extended International Space Station mission.
- Their mission, originally one week, launched in 2024 as the first Starliner fliers but stretched to more than nine months because of Boeing's Starliner trouble.
- Williams, 60, former Navy captain, spent more than 27 years at NASA, logging 608 days in space over three station missions and setting a record with 62 hours of spacewalks across nine excursions.
- They returned last March on a SpaceX flight, and NASA said Boeing's next Starliner mission will carry cargo not people until thruster and other issues are fixed.
- Butch Wilmore, Williams's crewmate, left NASA last summer, and the planned trial run later this year aims to advance the program.
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Slovenian-born astronaut Sunita Williams has retired, the US government agency NASA announced. One of her first trips as a retiree was to Slovenia, which she visited last week - she retired at the end of December.
Sunita Williams retires from NASA after 27 years
New Delhi: Sunita Williams, one of the most accomplished astronauts in the history of human spaceflight, has retired from the American space agency NASA after an extraordinary 27-year career. Her retirement follows a historic and unexpected nine-month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS), marking the conclusion of a journey defined by endurance, leadership, and scientific excellence. According to a statement by NASA, Sunita Willi…
Veteran NASA astronaut Sunita Williams has retired from the agency after 27 years of service. Williams, who participated in three space missions, spent 608 days in space and set several historic records. Her retirement is being seen as the end of an era in human spaceflight.
Suni Williams, NASA astronaut, one of the two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station for months, retired.
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