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NASA affirms plan with SpaceX to return astronauts

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Trump asks Elon Musk to return 2 Starliner astronauts from the ISS for NASA — but they already have a SpaceX ride home

"NASA and SpaceX are expeditiously working to safely return the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore as soon as practical, while also preparing for the launch of Crew-10 to complete a handover between expeditions," Cheryl Warner, NASA's news chief at the agency's headquarters, said in a statement to reporters.

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Elon Musk says SpaceX will rescue two ‘stranded’ astronauts. Here’s why that is confusing

While Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore’s situation is unusual, their return trip will be pretty routine, as they were already slated to fly home on a SpaceX capsule as part of a scheduled crew rotation.

Ars Technica · 14h

The long-planned return of two astronauts from space is now a political issue

So the return of Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore has never been a political story—until this week. And it's a good thing that the two will be in space tomorrow because, as attested to in the tagline for the movie Alien, in space, no one can hear you scream.

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Boeing Starliner astronauts on extended stay at space station to conduct a spacewalk

Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will conduct a spacewalk outside the International Space Station to swab the ...

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Chinese astronauts make rocket fuel and oxygen in space using 1st-of-its kind 'artificial photosynthesis'

Astronauts on board China's "heavenly palace" space station have demonstrated a new way of making rocket fuel products and ...

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Astronauts use VR to overcome microgravity's negative effects: Life inside the ISS

An HTC headset designed to work in space is offsetting the physical and psychological challenges of humans living off-world.

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