[06:20] NASA astronauts return to Earth after drawn-out mission

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule with a soft splashdown off Florida's coast, nine months after their faulty Boeing Starliner craft upended what was to be a week-long stay on the International Space Station.

https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2025/0319/1502802-spacex-iss/

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[07:39] Capsule carrying stranded astronauts departs from ISS

Two astronauts stranded in space for more than nine months were finally headed home after their capsule undocked from the International Space Station.

https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0318/1502595-spacex-iss/

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[18:43] Astronauts stuck on ISS for 9 months prepare for return

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, two NASA astronauts who have been stuck on the International Space Station for nine months, are scheduled to begin their return to Earth early tomorrow morning on a long-awaited flight home to cap an unusual mission.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0317/1502549-nasa-astronauts-return/

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[04:54] Crew launched to relieve stuck astronauts from ISS

NASA and SpaceX yesterday launched a long-awaited crew to the International Space Station that opens the door to bringing home US astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who have been stuck on the orbital lab for nine months.

https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2025/0315/1502241-astronauts-iss/

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[23:04] Elon Musk in X spat with Danish astronaut over ISS crew

The world's richest man Elon Musk got into a heated row with a Danish astronaut who criticised the tech billionaire's claim that former US president Joe Biden intentionally abandoned two American astronauts aboard the International Space Station.

https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0220/1497977-musk-astronaut/

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[13:52] Return of NASA astronauts from space station delayed

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore's return to Earth will be further delayed until at least late March, the agency said, taking what should have been an eight-day stay on the International Space Station to more than nine months.

https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/1218/1487197-nasa-astronauts-iss/

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[21:41] NASA astronaut hospitalised after return from ISS

A NASA astronaut who just returned from the International Space Station has been hospitalised for an unspecified medical condition but remains stable, the US space agency has said.

https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/1025/1477552-nasa-medical-condition/

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[07:45] SpaceX mission to rescue stranded astronauts docks at ISS

The SpaceX crew that will ferry back two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station has docked with the orbiting laboratory, a live stream of the mission showed.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0930/1472673-spacex-astronauts-stuck-iss/

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#Boeing is just failing left and right. The fact the astronauts are still stuck up in #TheInternationalSpaceStation due to the starliners on-going failures, really doesn't bode well for a trip back down. #NASA #Space Really hope we don't have a catastrophic failure.