Another Delay Postpones NASA Astronauts' Return to Earth in 2025

Learn how NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore got stuck on the International Space Station, and why their return to Earth has been delayed again.

By Jack Knudson
Dec 20, 2024 7:00 PM
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After a series of technical hiccups prevented Boeing’s Starliner capsule from bringing NASA astronauts Sunita "Suni" Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore back to Earth in August 2024, it appears that yet another delay will keep the two in space for an extra few months.

Suni and Butch, who were launched aboard the first ever crewed mission of the Starliner (the Boeing Crew Flight Test) in June 2024, will now have to wait until late March 2025 or early April 2025 to return home. 

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