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NASA astronauts stranded - what went wrong?

Boeing’s long-delayed Starliner capsule suffered technical issues that forced NASA to reassess its ability to safely return ...
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NASA Report Reveals the Failures That Left Two Astronauts ‘Stranded’ on the International Space Station

As such, Starliner’s homecoming that September was in autonomous mode and the astronauts remained on the ISS. It wasn’t until ...
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NASA astronaut says his medical issue led to early return from the ISS

NASA astronaut Mike Fincke said he was the crew member whose medical issue prompted the early return of the Crew-11 mission ...
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Botched Boeing Starliner flight that left astronauts stranded classified as top mishap

NASA has officially classified the failed 2024 Boeing Starliner mission as a “Type A” ...

Astronaut whose medical issue prompted NASA’s first early return from the ISS speaks out

NASA’s Mike Fincke has publicly identified himself as the astronaut who had a concerning “medical event” that led to an early ...

Trump’s NASA Goon Blasts Space Agency for Astronaut Disaster

New Trump-appointed NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman criticized his own agency for a series of failures that stranded two ...

NASA calls Starliner mission that stranded Sunita Williams a top-level mishap

The agency says the nine-month delay in returning astronauts from space exposed serious risks, even though no one was hurt.

NASA report paints damning picture of Boeing mishap that stranded two astronauts in space

A NASA investigation of Boeing’s bungled 2024 flight to the International Space Station, which stranded two astronauts there, revealed rampant mistrust and insufficient testing.

'Technical Difficulties Apparent': NASA on Starliner Flight That Stranded Sunita Williams in Orbit for Months

NASA has officially declared the Boeing CST-100 Starliner Crewed Flight Test a "Type A mishap" following an investigation. The report cites technical flaws, leadership failures, and unprofessional ...

Beyond the hardware: How a ‘toxic’ culture at NASA and Boeing stranded two astronauts

The Starliner’s failure left two astronauts, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, at the space station for nine months. Their stay had been expected to last as little as eight days, although it would not ...

China’s Imperiled Astronauts Illustrate the Dangers of Space Debris

No trip to space can be counted a success unless you make it safely back to Earth. That’s a lesson American astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams learned when their intended eight-day stay aboard ...