'Would We Be Able To Make It Back?' - NASA Astronauts Recount Harrowing Starliner Mission - Boeing (NYSE:BA)

From an eight-day mission to a nine-month adventure for Sunny Williams and Butch Wilmore

'Would We Be Able To Make It Back?' - NASA Astronauts Recount Harrowing Starliner Mission - Boeing (NYSE:BA)

Astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have shared the harrowing details of their nearly 10-month stay aboard the International Space Station, revealing they were unsure at one point whether they’d be able to return to Earth safely. The two astronauts, part of the first crewed test of Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA) ‘s Starliner spacecraft, faced critical thruster issues during docking, reports BBC. Unable to proceed forward initially, they relied on…

When 8 Days Became 9 Months, Stranded NASA Astronauts Wondered If They’d Ever ‘Make it Back’ to Earth

“We didn’t know,” Butch Wilmore admitted in a new interview, two months after and Suni Williams returned from spaceJoe Raedle/Getty Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams in May 2024NEED TO KNOWNASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were unexpectedly stuck in space from June 2024 to March 2025Both astronauts considered the possibility that they may not return home to Earth, but they didn't verbalize the thought because of their astronaut train…

In June 2024, the astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore finally spent more than 9 months in space. The fault of technical problems affecting the capsule that was carrying them to the station, which appeared from the beginning, when they tried to moor. One moment, the fear of never being able to return to Earth crossed them, they told, two months after their successful return home. - At the beginning of their journey, the astronauts blocked …

Abandoned by Biden: Astronauts' Harrowing Nine-Month Fight for Survival and Fear They'd Never Be Rescued

Blocking 286 days in space, Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore, who finally returned to Earth last March, told of their anguish not to get out alive of their mesaventure.