NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore, who was in space for more than nine months, said everyone has responsibility for things that went wrong with Starliner's test flight
All told, Williams and Wilmore traveled more than 121 million miles during their mission, spent 286 days in space, and completed 4,576 Earth orbits.
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were brought back to Earth in a SpaceX capsule after problems with Boeing’s Starliner delayed their return by about nine months.
Stranded” NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore launched June 2024 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Crew-9’s return to Earth was 9 months later.
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Space.com on MSNNever-'stuck’ Starliner astronauts return to Earth at last with Crew-9 duo in SpaceX Dragon splashdownStarliner crewmates Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore returned to Earth with Nick Hague and Aleksandr Gorbunov on the Dragon "Freedom."
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams indicated they’d be willing to travel on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft again in the future. They both clocked 286 days in space.
NASA will wait at least another two days to launch its next space station crew, delaying the return of Starliner astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita Williams a bit longer.
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who’ve been at the space station since June, will return to Earth along with two Crew-9 astronauts.
Some ISS astronauts experience Spaceflight Associated Neuro-Ocular Syndrome, which may result in puffy eyes, decreased near vision and headaches.