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How NASA's Starliner mission went from 10 days to 9 months: A timeline

Wilmore and Williams, both former U.S. Navy test pilots, expected to remain in orbit for about 10 days on the mission, which was called Crew Flight Test (CFT). The main goal was to show that Starliner is ready to carry astronauts to and from the ISS, so that the spacecraft can start flying operational, long-duration missions in the near future.

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Watch NASA’s Starliner astronauts greet the Crew-10 mission that will relieve them.

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will soon return to Earth — following an unexpectedly long stay in space due to issues with Boeing’s Starliner craft — after the Crew-10 mission’s SpaceX Dragon capsule docked with the International Space Station early this morning.

NASA astronauts 'Butch and Suni' return to Earth after drawn-out mission in space

Wilmore and Williams, two veteran NASA astronauts and retired U.S. Navy test pilots, had launched into space as Starliner's first crew in June for what was expected to be an eight

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The 1960s Tech Keeping NASA’s Voyager Probes Alive for Nearly 50 Years

Solar panels are next to useless in the outer solar system, so NASA’s Voyager probes rely on nuclear batteries—technology ...

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NASA’s Lucy Mission Gears Up to Meet a 150-Million-Year-Old Space Relic

Donaldjohanson, a main belt asteroid, could be a relic of a cosmic collision that took place 150 million years ago.

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SpaceX Dragon successfully splashes down, returning NASA astronauts back to Earth

A four-member crew, including NASA astronauts Sunita "Suni" Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore, left the ISS early Tuesday on ...

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NASA Launches New Space Telescope and Suite of Solar Satellites

The SPHEREx telescope will create the most colorful map of the cosmos, while the four satellites of the PUNCH mission track ...

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NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams return to Earth after 9 months stuck in space

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams left the International Space Station after nine months in space, checking out with two other ...

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SpaceX Dragon undocks from ISS in mission to get NASA astronauts back to Earth

NASA and SpaceX made another attempt on Friday to send a crew up to the International Space Station (ISS) and begin the ...

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NASA’s Lucy Mission Prepares for Historic Flyby of the Mysterious Asteroid Donaldjohanson

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is gearing up for an exciting flyby of the asteroid Donaldjohanson on April 20, 2025. The mission, ...

NASA's SPHEREx mission will use software from the Arizona Cosmology Lab to answer questions about the first moments after the Big Bang

NASA's newly launched SPHEREx mission will use software developed at the Arizona Cosmology Lab to analyze data and help ...

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Blue Ghost Moon lander captures glow of lunar sunset after concluding successful mission

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander captured high-definition images of the lunar sunset March 16, as lunar night would ...

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NASA’s NF-5 Mission to Ignite Search for New Worlds Across the Solar System

NASA is preparing for the launch of its fifth New Frontiers mission, NF-5, aimed at exploring high-priority scientific ...

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