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Homeward Bound: Stranded NASA Astronauts Depart ISS for Earth
« on: March 18, 2025, 09:13:38 am »
Homeward Bound: Stranded NASA Astronauts Depart ISS for Earth

Simon Kent 18 Mar 2025

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were on their way home Tuesday after being stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) orbital laboratory for 286 days.

Their return is thanks in no small part to the combined drive and ambition of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk to “go get them.”

The pair decided to accelerate the astronauts’ return and laid the blame for their troubles on the tardy Biden administration.

The replacement crew’s brand new SpaceX capsule still wasn’t ready to fly, so SpaceX subbed it with a used one, hurrying things along by weeks.

UPI reports the pair of astronauts along with Crew-9 members NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov were aboard the SpaceX capsule as it detached from the ISS at 1:05 a.m. EDT, putting them on the 17-hour flight back to Earth.

The SpaceX Dragon is expected to splash down off the coast of Florida at about 5:57 p.m. EDT on Tuesday.

Following months of delays and Trump last month asking ally and SpaceX CEO Musk to “go get” them, Williams and Wilmore are being delivered to their starting point.

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Re: Homeward Bound: Stranded NASA Astronauts Depart ISS for Earth
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2025, 09:25:08 am »
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Re: Homeward Bound: Stranded NASA Astronauts Depart ISS for Earth
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2025, 11:59:00 am »
Elon to the rescue! 

You just know those sick bastard Musk haters are hoping the capsule fails and the astronauts die in a fiery crash. 
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Re: Homeward Bound: Stranded NASA Astronauts Depart ISS for Earth
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2025, 12:04:24 pm »


I expect they will need quite a bit of rehab and such. I wonder if we'll see much of them for awhile.
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Re: Homeward Bound: Stranded NASA Astronauts Depart ISS for Earth
« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2025, 12:44:39 pm »
Quote from: Polly Ticks on March 18, 2025, 12:04:24 pm


I expect they will need quite a bit of rehab and such. I wonder if we'll see much of them for awhile.

Doubtful.  I had read that they were up in space so long that they will need quite a bit of time to recover.  They will need rehab, not only for their physical challenges now but cognitive challenges as well.

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Re: Homeward Bound: Stranded NASA Astronauts Depart ISS for Earth
« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2025, 02:22:52 pm »

What time will NASA's Starliner astronauts land with SpaceX's Crew-9 today? How to watch live.

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By Robert Z. Pearlman
March 18, 2025

SpaceX is poised to land its Crew Dragon Freedom from the International Space Station with the two crewmates who launched on it and two astronauts who arrived at the space station last June on Boeing's Starliner, which landed uncrewed without them. If you want to watch it live, we've got details on when and how to see it.

SpaceX's Crew-9 is scheduled to splash down on Tuesday (March 18) at about 5:57 p.m. EDT (2157 GMT) off the coast of Florida after a smooth undocking from the ISS in the wee hours this morning. This landing will mark the ninth operational and 10th overall crew return by the company under a contract with NASA's commercial crew program.

You'll be able to watch the Crew-9 landing live on Space.com, courtesy of SpaceX and NASA, in a livestream expected to begin about 72 minutes before splashdown at 4:45 p.m. EDT (2045 GMT). Follow our Crew-9 live updates for more on the reentry and read on for exact timing information that we've collected.

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Re: Homeward Bound: Stranded NASA Astronauts Depart ISS for Earth
« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2025, 02:44:14 pm »
Can this be moved to National News?  This is a rather unique, multi-level space story.  Thanks.

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Re: Homeward Bound: Stranded NASA Astronauts Depart ISS for Earth
« Reply #7 on: March 19, 2025, 08:41:46 am »
It was spectacular to watch.
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Re: Homeward Bound: Stranded NASA Astronauts Depart ISS for Earth
« Reply #8 on: March 19, 2025, 08:58:30 am »
Elon Musk congratulates SpaceX, NASA for 'excellent work' rescuing stranded astronauts
The DOGE leader also thanked President Donald Trump, who tapped Musk's space tech company for the job
By Madeline Coggins Fox News
Published March 18, 2025 10:14pm EDT

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Wilmore and Williams' return became a political issue for the Trump administration, with Musk previously telling Fox News host Sean Hannity on Feb. 18 that former President Joe Biden left the astronauts in space for "political reasons."

Shortly after taking office, Trump tasked Musk with bringing home the two astronauts, who he said had been "abandoned" by the Biden administration.

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