NASA, ISS and Trump

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.
Trump and Musk Say SpaceX Will 'Go Get' NASA Astronauts Stuck in Space
Despite the statement from President Trump, NASA had already scheduled the astronauts' return for late March or April.
NASA’s Starliner Astronauts Take Their First Spacewalk Together After Roughly Eight Months on the ISS
The nearly 5.5-hour feat set a record for astronaut Sunita Williams, who became the woman with the most time spent on spacewalks in history
'It profoundly changes your life': NASA astronauts on the ISS talk about living in space
NASA Astronauts living on the ISS talk with USA TODAY about the experiments they conduct to help humanity hopefully travel deeper into space.
NASA astronauts still stranded in space take first spacewalk together
NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore completed a spacewalk Thursday while awaiting their delayed return to Earth. Williams set a new spacewalking record for female astronauts during the mission.
Watch NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore perform spacewalk outside the ISS today (video)
Williams and Wilmore both arrived at the ISS last June, aboard the first crewed test flight of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft. The astronauts were only slated for a 10-day mission, but issues with Starliner during docking led to multiple delays in their return, with NASA ultimately deciding to have Starliner make the journey back to Earth uncrewed.
NASA astronaut Sunita Williams stuck in ISS for months breaks a record in space; here's what she did
Sunita Williams, a NASA astronaut who was unexpectedly stuck on the International Space Station for months, has set a new record for total spacewalk time by a woman.
Trapped NASA astronauts complete first spacewalk
Trapped NASA astronauts Butch Willmore and Suni Williams have embarked on their first spacewalk, spending around six hours performing maintenance work on the station's exterior.
Stranded NASA astronaut says she struggles to remember how it feels to walk, lie down
One of the astronauts stranded on the International Space Station since last June explained in a new interview that she is ...
Boeing Starliner official talks pros and cons of NASA contracts
Boeing Starliner program lead Mark Nappi discussed the pros and cons of public-private partnerships in the company’s space ...
Curvy spaceplane is one step closer to its ISS rendezvous
Milestones like Sierra Space’s Joint Test 10B are needed to confirm Dream Chaser’s “ability to handle specialized payloads ...
Trump and Musk called for former Starliner astronauts to return ‘as soon as possible.' Here's what NASA planned.
NASA previously planned to return Wilmore and Williams as part of a crew returning in late March, using SpaceX’s Dragon ...
Assessing Claims About NASA’s Two ‘Stranded’ Astronauts
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk announced this week that SpaceX, the space exploration company founded by Musk, will be ...
Watch this ISS astronaut take a ride on a robotic arm 250 miles over London
The robotic arm delivered NASA astronaut Suni Williams to a worksite during a record-breaking spacewalk at the International ...
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Astronauts on the ISS experience vision changes — should Mars travelers be worried?
Scientists are trying to find a solution to microgravity-induced vision changes to ensure future long-duration space ...