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What did stranded astronaut's daughter say just before he returned to Earth?

Butch Willmore being helped out of SpaceX Dragon spacecraft (L). His daughter, Daryn Wilmore (R).

Updated on Mar 20, 2025 08:17 AM IST

Sunita Williams homecoming: Know about her inspiring academic journey ‘to space’

From Needham High School in Massachusetts to becoming a NASA astronaut, here's how Sunita Williams' academic and professional journey has been, (Photo credits: AFP)

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Updated on Mar 20, 2025 07:48 AM IST

NASA astronauts Wilmore and Williams to return home after 9 months:Full timeline

Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have been on the International Space Station since June.

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Updated on Mar 18, 2025 04:21 PM IST

Sunita Williams may face painful return: Bone density loss, baby feet, and more

Sunita Williams will face several physical complications such as bone density loss, baby feet etc upon her return to Earth

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Published on Mar 16, 2025 11:30 AM IST

China to send Pakistani astronaut as first foreign guest to its space station

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Published on Feb 28, 2025 05:53 PM IST

‘Wild’ video of water droplets orbiting a needle in space stuns fans. Watch

Astronaut Don Pettit shared this pic that shows overlapping frames from his video involving water droplets and a knitting needle.

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Updated on Feb 28, 2025 09:01 AM IST

Sunita Williams speaks out as Trump tasks Musk to bring back stranded astronauts

Indian-American Sunita Williams, 59, was supposed to stay on the ISS for eight days with her crewmate, Barry Wilmore, 62. However, the Boeing capsule they were aboard was hit with several technical problems.

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Updated on Feb 14, 2025 03:51 PM IST

NASA's Sunita Williams breaks spacewalk record during extended ISS mission

With 62 hours and 6 minutes of spacewalking, Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams has shattered the record for the longest spacewalk by a female.

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Published on Jan 31, 2025 05:55 PM IST

Sunita Williams, stuck in space, breaks spacewalking record at ISS

US astronaut Suni Williams works outside the International Space Station during a spacewalk

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Updated on Feb 14, 2025 03:52 PM IST

Unseen video of aurora by NASA astronaut impresses most, but some call it ‘fake’

Screengrab from the video of an aurora shared by a NASA astronaut aboard the ISS.

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Updated on Jan 08, 2025 08:17 AM IST

NASA responds to Sunita Williams' Santa hat pic conspiracy theories

NASA shared a picture of veteran astronauts Sunita Williams and Don Pettit wearing Santa hats.

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Published on Dec 25, 2024 06:55 AM IST

Sunita Williams turns Santa on space station, prepares for Christmas in space

NASA shared a picture of veteran astronaut Sunita Williams wearing a Santa hat.

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Updated on Dec 17, 2024 01:12 PM IST

Sunita Williams demonstrates how astronauts drink liquids in zero gravity. Watch

Sunita Williams interacted with students, discussing drinking in space during a virtual session.

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Published on Dec 08, 2024 12:40 PM IST

Emergency on Sunita Williams' space station: Strange toxic smell detected

Sunita Williams has previously been in space for over 321 days during two stays aboard the space station.

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Updated on Nov 28, 2024 01:32 PM IST

‘Not stranded’ Sunita Williams' Thanksgiving plans in space revealed

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams, Nick Hague, Barry Wilmore, and Donald Pettit unbox Thanksgiving meals, from the International Space Station (ISS), in this screen grab taken from a handout video, released on November 26, 2024.

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Published on Nov 28, 2024 08:50 AM IST

Is Sunita Williams vulnerable to slowed cognitive performance due to space stay?

In this photo provided by NASA, from left, astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Nick Hague and Don Pettit show their U.S. flag-themed socks aboard the International Space Station on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024.

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Published on Nov 21, 2024 08:03 PM IST

Stranded Sunita Williams rubbishes deteriorating health ‘rumours’

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Nick Hague deliver a speech via video link during the Opening Ceremony of the United Nations climate change conference COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan November 12, 2024.

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Published on Nov 13, 2024 04:21 AM IST

NASA insists on Sunita Williams, mysteriously hospitalised astronauts' safety

NASA’s Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore.

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Published on Nov 07, 2024 11:47 AM IST

With Sunita Williams still stuck in space, once-stranded astronaut hospitalised

NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, depart their crew quarters for the launch pad before their mission to the International Space Station, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., March 3, 2024.

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Published on Oct 26, 2024 01:31 PM IST

Why Starliner's Sunita Williams was not on board an Earth-bound SpaceX capsule?

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams pose ahead of the launch of Boeing's Starliner-1 Crew Flight Test (CFT), in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., April 25, 2024.

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Published on Oct 25, 2024 02:36 PM IST

US astronaut drinks ketchup directly from bottle while floating around in ISS

The image shows US astronaut Matthew Dominick drinking ketchup directly from a bottle while on the ISS.

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Published on Oct 23, 2024 12:45 PM IST

NASA stands by ‘right decision’ not to have Sunita Williams on board Starliner

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore (R) and Suni Williams, wearing Boeing spacesuits, depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at Kennedy Space Center for Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to board the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft for the Crew Flight Test launch , on June 5, 2024.

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Published on Sep 12, 2024 10:50 PM IST

NASA and Boeing ‘were split’ over Sunita Williams rescue, Steve Stich admits

This screengrab from NASA shows astronauts Suni Williams (R) and Butch Wilmore (C) boarding the International Space Station (ISS) after the docking of the Boeing Starliner on June 6, 2024.

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Published on Sep 05, 2024 04:45 AM IST

Boeing employee ‘Embarrassed’ by SpaceX bailout: ‘We talk trash about them’

Boeing employees feel embarrassed as competitor Space X will bail their two astronauts out from space.

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Published on Aug 26, 2024 12:10 PM IST

Stranded Starliner: What space does to an astronaut's body

Veteran NASA astronauts Sunita Williams (left) and Barry Wilmore (right) may think being stranded in space is "pretty grand"

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Published on Aug 26, 2024 11:46 AM IST

NASA running out of time to bring Sunita Williams back: Deadline for mid August

Cape Canaveral: Astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore ahead of an inaugural crewed test flight of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

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Published on Aug 05, 2024 10:47 PM IST

Perseid meteor shower 2024: When, where and how to see shooting stars in US

Perseid meteor shower will produce bright shooting stars across the United States this month, reaching peak activity between August 11 and 12,

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Published on Aug 03, 2024 07:48 PM IST

Scientists complete year-long mission in facility simulating Mars habitat

Anca Selariu, Ross Brockwell, Nathan Jones and team leader Kelly Haston have spent the past 378 days sealed inside the "Martian" habitat in Houston, Texas, part of NASA's research into what it will take to put humans on the Red Planet.

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Published on Jul 07, 2024 11:05 AM IST