All told, Williams and Wilmore traveled more than 121 million miles during their mission, spent 286 days in space, and completed 4,576 Earth orbits.
NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore, who was in space for more than nine months, said everyone has responsibility for things that went wrong with Starliner's test flight
Stranded” NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore launched June 2024 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Crew-9’s return to Earth was 9 months later.
NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore put some of the blame on himself when asked who was responsible for Boeing Starliner’s failure on last year’s Crew Flight Test.
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams and Nick Hague will discuss their mission during a news conference. Watch it live here.
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, in their first public comments since returning to Earth, tell FOX News about their thoughts when they found out their short test flight was going to be a lot longer.
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What was supposed to be an 8-day mission turned into a 9-month ordeal in space. NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore were finally back on Earth and holding their first press conference after being stranded due to technical malfunctions on the Boeing Starliner spacecraft.
The last Boeing Starliner mission was extended from eight days to over nine months due to capsule issues after docking at the International Space Station.
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams talk about their flight test on Boeing's Starliner capsule during a media event at NASA's Johnson Space Center.