Tag: Sunita Williams

Washington: NASA’s Indian-origin astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Butch Wilmore went to the International Space Station (ISS) for just eight days. But, their return has not been possible yet due to a malfunction in the Boeing Starliner capsule carrying them. The US space agency NASA is saying that efforts will be made to bring them to Earth in September. However, their eight-day journey may turn into 8 months. Both astronauts may return next year i.e. in February 2025. No return date yet Sunita Williams’ return has been delayed due to…

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Washington: Due to a valve issue in the rocket’s upper stage, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, which was meant to send NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore to the International Space Station (ISS), was delayed. About two hours before the scheduled launch from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, United Launch Alliance director Tom Heter III, a rocket industry representative, announced the decision to postpone the launch. The space agency, Boeing, and ULA “scrubbed the launch opportunity on May 6 for the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test to the…

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