All station astronauts spend two hours a day in orbit exercising to minimize bone and muscle loss in the weightlessness of space. Even so, Wilmore and Williams will face extensive rehabilitation ...
The astronauts concluded their trip with SpaceX’s Crew-9, a routine International Space Station staff rotation mission, alongside NASA’s Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov.
WASHINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) - NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule on Tuesday with a soft splashdown off Florida's coast, nine months after ...
Astronauts, including Sunita Williams, prefer to keep their hair down in space due to the microgravity environment which eliminates the need for hair restraints. This convenience allows for easier ...
Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are set to return to Earth Tuesday evening after a nine-month stint at the International Space Station. NASA said Sunday that it met with SpaceX ...
Astronauts Piers J. Sellers (left) and David A. Wolf in the midst of a pre-breathe exercise in preparation for a spacewalk. | NASA/Johnson Space Center // Public Domain In 1997, a fire broke out ...
But it's also not unheard of for NASA astronauts to remain in space for longer than 200 days. That's a milestone Williams and Wilmore hit long ago, but NASA and SpaceX are working to ensure they ...
Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, the astronauts who had an unexpectedly long stay in orbit, are set to head back to Earth just two days after a replacement crew docked at the space station.
Two astronauts stuck in space for more than nine months have finally arrived back on Earth. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams first blasted off to the ISS on 5 June, expecting to be up there for ...
Coverage is expected to begin at 4:45 p.m. As the two NASA astronauts selected for the first crewed test flight of Boeing's Starliner, Wilmore and Williams arrived in June at the space station for ...
Astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Suni Williams are back on Earth after nearly nine months in space and readjusting to life with gravity. Down to their DNA, astronauts’ bodies can change ...
Who Are the NASA Astronauts Who Have Been Stuck in Space for 9 Months? CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were barely known outside space circles when they strapped in ...