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Musk (Briefly) Threatens to Decommission Key Spacecraft

Musk later walked back his threat, as Trump downplays feud

(Newser) - As President Trump and Elon Musk argued on social media on Thursday, the world's richest man threatened to decommission a space capsule used to take astronauts and supplies to the International Space Station, the AP reports. After Trump threatened to cut government contracts given to Musk's SpaceX rocket...

Oldest US Astronaut Lands in Time to Celebrate His 70th

Don Pettit spent seven months on space station doing research

(Newser) - Seniors including George HW Bush have marked advanced birthdays by skydiving. Don Pettit, NASA's oldest astronaut still flying, marked his 70th on Sunday by landing safely on Earth after seven months on the International Space Station. The Soyuz MS-26 space capsule with Pettit and Russian crewmates Alexey Ovchinin and...

Astronauts' Extra Pay During Long ISS Stay: $5 Per Day

Wilmore, Williams received 'regular 40-hour workweek salaries,' NASA says

(Newser) - NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were in space for 278 days longer than planned but they weren't racking up overtime hours during their long stay on the International Space Station. They received their normal salary—$152,258 a year, according to NASA's 2024 pay rates—but...

Astronauts Finally Head Home: It's Been 'a Lot of Fun'

NASA's Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore are now hurtling back to Earth after 9 long months at ISS

(Newser) - One of the most "unusual and closely watched [chapters] in spaceflight history" is about to come to a close. Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were originally only supposed to be at the International Space Station for a week when they set off into space on Boeing's Starliner last...

SpaceX Sends Crew to Replace NASA's Stranded Astronauts
Help Arrives for NASA's
Stranded Astronauts
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Mar 16, 2025 6:29 AM CDT

Help Arrives for NASA's Stranded Astronauts

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams should finally be on their way home this week

(Newser) - A SpaceX crew capsule arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday, delivering the replacements for NASA's two stuck astronauts, per the AP . The four newcomers will spend the next few days learning the station's ins and outs from Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. Then the latter two...

SpaceX Scrubs Launch of Flight to Replace Stuck Astronauts

Flight planned for Wednesday now won't be completed until Friday at the earliest

(Newser) - SpaceX on Wednesday night scrubbed the launch of a flight that was intended to replace the two astronauts who have been stuck at the International Space Station for nine months. The Crew-10 flight was slated to take off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center, but a problem with the launchpad'...

Stranded Astronauts Get Out for a Walk

Suni Williams sets a spacewalk record

(Newser) - NASA's two stuck astronauts took their first spacewalk together Thursday, exiting the International Space Station almost eight months after moving in. Commander Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore removed a broken antenna and wiped the station's exterior for evidence of any microbes that might still be alive after launching...

Elon Musk's Astronaut Post Is a Little 'Perplexing'

He says SpaceX will bring pair home—which NASA announced in August

(Newser) - SpaceX CEO Elon Musk chided the Biden administration for leaving two astronauts "stranded" on the International Space Station in a Tuesday X post —and said President Trump had requested that SpaceX bring Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore home as soon as possible. "We will do so,"...

Stranded Astronaut Gets Change of Scenery

Suni Williams steps out on first spacewalk since arriving at space station in June

(Newser) - One of NASA's two stuck astronauts got a much welcomed change of scenery Thursday, stepping out on her first spacewalk since arriving at the International Space Station more than seven months ago. Suni Williams, the station's commander, tackled some overdue outdoor repair work alongside NASA's Nick Hague,...

NASA's 2 Stuck Astronauts Just Got Delayed Again

Their 8-day mission will last at least 10 months

(Newser) - NASA's two stuck astronauts just got their space mission extended again. That means they won't be back on Earth until spring, 10 months after rocketing into orbit on Boeing's Starliner capsule. NASA announced the latest delay in Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams' homecoming on Tuesday. The two...

Russian Cargo Ship Brings Supplies to ISS —and a Stench

Odd smell, droplets, which raised fears of contamination, attributed to 'outgassing'

(Newser) - A cargo spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday, but shortly after Russian cosmonauts opened the hatch, they had to slam it shut again. The cosmonauts noticed a strange stench coming from the Russian Progress 90 spacecraft, which brought a load of food and equipment. They also "...

Russia, US Disagree on Space Station Leak
ISS Is Leaking. NASA Thinks
That Could Be 'Catastrophic'
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Nov 17, 2024 12:45 PM CST

ISS Is Leaking. NASA Thinks That Could Be 'Catastrophic'

But Russia's Roscosmos maintains that operations are safe

(Newser) - With astronauts stranded on the International Space Station for months, you may have forgotten all about the aging space station's persistent air leaks . Well, they're still there and, according to NASA, they are now the ISS' most pressing issue, threatening the safety of the astronauts on board, CNN...

SpaceX Dragon Is About to Give the ISS a Shove

On Friday, the spacecraft will 'reboost' International Space Station, ahead of its eventual destruction

(Newser) - As NASA continues to work with SpaceX in planning the International Space Station's eventual demise , SpaceX will on Friday aim for a big first in anticipation of that event. A Dragon cargo spacecraft will fire up its engines for 12 1/2 minutes in what's called a reboost, in...

Experimental Satellite's 'Cutting-Edge' Feature: Wood

Researchers predict renewable material could allow for sustainable societies in space

(Newser) - Japanese scientists are heralding a "cutting-edge technology" that could fuel humans' expansion into space: wood. As we look to establish a presence on the moon and Mars, renewable resources will be key, meaning metal must move to the side. There's also the matter of space pollution. According to...

Some Votes Came From Out of This World

NASA's didn't let little thing like being on a work trip 250 miles above Earth stop astronauts from voting

(Newser) - Work trips take Americans away from their polls on Election Day all the time, so we have absentee ballots. Work trips take astronauts a bit beyond the reach of standard absentee ballots, so NASA put together the Space Communication and Navigation Program. As Quartz reports, four astronauts aboard the International...

4 Astronauts Are Back on Earth After 8 Months

Return of ISS astronauts was delayed by Starliner problems, Hurricane Milton

(Newser) - Four astronauts returned to Earth on Friday after a nearly eight-month space station stay extended by Boeing's capsule trouble and Hurricane Milton. A SpaceX capsule carrying the crew parachuted before dawn into the Gulf of Mexico just off the Florida coast after undocking from the International Space Station mid-week....

Good News for Stranded Astronauts: Your Ride Is Here

SpaceX craft arrives at International Space Station, but won't return to Earth until February

(Newser) - The two astronauts stuck at the International Space Station since June welcomed their new ride home with Sunday's arrival of a SpaceX capsule. SpaceX launched the rescue mission on Saturday with a downsized crew of two astronauts and two empty seats reserved for Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who will...

NASA Sends Crew to Retrieve Stranded Astronauts

SpaceX mission leaves seats empty for Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore

(Newser) - Astronauts are on their way to the International Space Station to rescue two colleagues who have been stranded there for more than 100 days. The SpaceX mission took off Saturday afternoon from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, CNN reports. Liftoff had been postponed on Thursday because of Hurricane...

Starliner Is Back on Earth, Sans Crew

Boeing capsule lands in New Mexico, leaving astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore at ISS

(Newser) - Boeing's first astronaut mission ended Friday night with an empty capsule landing and two test pilots still in space, left behind until next year because NASA judged their return too risky. Six hours after departing the International Space Station, Starliner parachuted into New Mexico's White Sands Missile Range,...

Starliner to Return Friday, Empty
NASA Books Starliner's Return
Sep 4, 2024 7:30 PM CDT

NASA Books Starliner's Return

Stranded astronauts will be regular crew on space station until February

(Newser) - Boeing's problem-plagued Starliner spacecraft has been scheduled to begin its return journey to Earth on Friday evening, NASA said Wednesday, with no one aboard. Six hours after it leaves the International Space Station, around midnight, the spacecraft is to make a parachute landing at the White Sands Space Harbor...

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