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Weeks from homecoming, Boeing Starliner astronauts want to set the record straight

Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore clarified they are not stranded on the International Space Station, stating they weren't abandoned, in an interview with Anderson Cooper on CNN.
NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore clarified they are not stranded on the International Space Station, contradicting claims made by President Donald Trump and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.
NASA had already arranged for SpaceX to return the astronauts as part of its Crew-9 mission prior to Musk's statements.
NASA has stated that Williams and Wilmore may return home earlier than expected, now targeting a date ahead of the previously planned late March return.

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Scripps News

Astronauts challenge Trump's 'abandonment' claim during extended space stay

Two American astronauts on the ISS, Barry Wilmore and Suni Williams, reject claims of abandonment, emphasizing their preparation and commitment as they await a SpaceX return in March.

8 days ago·Atlanta, United States

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The Independent

NASA’s Boeing astronauts really want you to know they’re not ‘stuck’

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are hoping to set the record straight again after an extended trip to the space station

8 days ago·London, United Kingdom

Weeks from homecoming, Boeing Starliner astronauts want to set the record straight

The two astronauts who piloted the Boeing Starliner’s first crewed test flight responded to a claim from President Donald Trump that the pair were “abandoned.”

9 days ago·Atlanta, United States

ISS Astronauts Give Space-to-Earth Interview Weeks Before Finally Returning to Earth

Last June two NASA astronauts flew to the International Space Station on the first crewed test flight of Boeing's Starliner. But they aren't stranded there, and they weren't abandoned, the astronauts reminded CNN this week in a rare space-to-earth interview: "That's been the rhetoric. That's been the narrative from day one: stranded, abandoned, stuck - and I get it. We both get it," [NASA astronaut Butch] Wilmore said. "But that is, again, not w…

7 days ago

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airmail.news

Is Elon Musk the Stranded Astronauts’ Last Hope?

U.S. astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been stranded on the International Space Station since June. It’s not just the fate of two marooned astronauts that’s at stake—it’s the future of interstellar travel By Howard Blum William Swan believes that there are secrets in the stars. It is this hopefulness that brings him high above the sandy shore of sleepy Boca Chica, Texas, with a rocket strapped to his back. As a biplane climbs to 8,…

8 days ago

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Space

'We don't feel stranded': Astronauts 'stuck' in space set the record straight

Boeing's Starliner astronauts are in the final stretch of their unexpectedly long stint in Earth orbit — and they're setting the record straight on all the "stranded astronauts" talk.

8 days ago·United States

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