8 h. ago Breathtaking moment NASA astronauts safely return to Earth after nine months stuck in space

Two astronauts have finally returned home after being stuck in space for the last nine months.

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8 h. ago Two NASA astronauts return to Earth after being stranded in space for nine months

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who have been stranded in space for the past nine months, have finally returned to Earth after a 17-hour journey

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9 h. ago Astronauts who spent 9 months in space finally return to earth with splash down off Florida’s coast

Their return comes following months of pressure from the White House and President Donald Trump, who has claimed that they were ‘abandoned’

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10 h. ago NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore return to Earth after 9 months

Butch Wilmore, 62, and Suni Williams, 59, have landed off the coat of Florida after nine monts on the International Space Station - where they were only supposed to be for a week

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16 h. ago The health effects of a long, unplanned stay in space on Nasa astronauts

US astronauts Suni Williams and Barry Wilmore were stranded in low earth orbit onboard the International Space Station for nine months

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17 h. ago The health effects of a long, unplanned stay in space on Nasa’s stranded astronauts

US astronauts Suni Williams and Barry Wilmore were stranded in low earth orbit onboard the International Space Station for nine months

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22 h. ago NASA's 'stranded' astronauts will feel 'drunk' when they return to Earth after 9 months in space

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are finally coming home

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22 h. ago Nasa’s stranded astronauts finally begin return to Earth after being stuck in space for months

Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams had been marooned on ISS since last June

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26 h. ago Astronauts finally begin journey home after months stuck on space station

Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are making their 17-hour journey back to Earth on Tuesday after their initially planned week-long trip turned into months of living aboard the International Space Station.

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26 h. ago Nasa astronauts heading back to Earth on SpaceX Dragon capsule after being ‘stranded’ on ISS for months

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore embark on 17-hour return following Starliner capsule failure that turned a days-long mission into one lasting nine monthsTwo Nasa astronauts “stranded” aboard the International Space Station (ISS) since last summer are finally on their way back to Earth on Tuesday, more than nine months after the failure of Boeing’s pioneering Starliner capsule scuppered their originally scheduled week-long mission.A SpaceX Dragon capsule containing four astronauts, including Starliner’s test pilots Sunita Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore, undocked from the orbiting outpost at 1.05am ET (5.05am GMT). The spacecraft is scheduled for a splashdown somewhere off the Florida coast at about 6pm ET following a 17-hour descent, with mission managers determining the precise location after assessing weather conditions. Continue reading...

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35 h. ago Astronauts who were left on International Space Station can finally come home, Nasa says

Two astronauts who were left on the International Space Station for months longer than expected will finally come home on Tuesday, Nasa has said.

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37 h. ago Astronauts that were accidentally left on International Space Station can finally come home, Nasa says

Two astronauts who were accidentally left on the International Space Station for months longer than expected will finally come home on Tuesday, Nasa has said.

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52 h. ago US astronauts stranded on ISS for nine months to return to Earth on Tuesday, Nasa says

Journey of Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams on a SpaceX Crew Dragon craft will be broadcast liveA pair of US astronauts stuck for more than nine months on the International Space Station will be returned to Earth on Tuesday evening, Nasa has said.Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Suni Williams are to be transported home with another American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon craft, which arrived at the ISS early on Sunday. Continue reading...

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62 h. ago Astronauts hug SpaceX Falcon 9 rescuers after nine months stranded on ISS

The Crew-10 mission arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday, just over a day after blasting off, and now the rescue team has finally reached the astronauts.

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65 h. ago ‘Great to see our friends arrive’: SpaceX capsule docks with ISS to bring back stranded Nasa astronauts

The arrival of four astronauts will allow Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to return to Earth after nine months on the International Space StationThere were emotional scenes of smiling astronauts hugging and embracing in zero gravity on the International Space Station on Sunday after a replacement crew docked with the orbital outpost – a step towards the return home of two astronauts who have been stranded for more than nine months.A SpaceX capsule delivered four astronauts to the ISS in a Nasa crew-swap mission that will allow the pair of stuck astronauts, Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Suni Williams, to return home after nine months on the orbiting lab. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago SpaceX crew arrives at ISS to replace NASA astronauts stranded for nine months

The four new arrivals—from the US, Japan and Russia—were welcomed aboard the ISS on Sunday

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3 d. ago SpaceX capsule docks with ISS to bring back stranded Nasa astronauts

The arrival of four astronauts will allow Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to return to Earth after nine months on the International Space StationA SpaceX capsule delivered four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) early on Sunday in a Nasa crew-swap mission that will allow a pair of stuck astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, to return home after nine months on the orbiting lab.About 29 hours since launching from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday evening, the Crew-10 astronauts’ SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule docked to the ISS at 4.04am GMT on Sunday. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Rocket blasts off to bring stranded US astronauts home from the ISS at long last

Launched by Nasa and SpaceX, the Falcon 9 is picking up Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, whose eight days on board the International Space Station became nine monthsA long-awaited mission to return stranded US astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore from the International Space Station has been launched by Nasa and SpaceX.The pair were due to spend eight days on the ISS in June, but technical problems with the experimental spacecraft that took them there have left them stuck on the orbital laboratory for nine months. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket blasts off to rescue astronauts stranded on ISS for nine months

Lift-off has taken place at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where Elon Musk's SpaceX rocket blasted off successfully in its mission to rescue two stranded astronauts

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5 d. ago SpaceX to launch a rescue mission for the two astronauts stranded on the ISS

SpaceX is hoping its Falcon 9 rocket will be able to bring back stranded astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been on the International Space Station since June

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