The Latest Breaking News from Butch Wilmore

Sunita Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore must have heaved a sigh of relief when they opened the hatch and floated into the International Space Station (ISS) on June 6 2024. It was the first time the Starliner spacecraft they arrived on had ever carried people.

The Challenger and Columbia space shuttle tragedies influenced NASA's thinking on how the Boeing Starliner astronauts should return home, agency officials said.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were meant to go to the International Space Station (ISS) on a roughly ten-day mission. Instead, they have been “stuck” there since June, as the reliability of their spacecraft – Boeing Starliner – has not met NASA’s strict standards for crewed flight.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams will spend at least eight consecutive months aboard the International Space Station as their Boeing Starliner spacecraft returns to Earth empty. Is their extended spaceflight record-setting?

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams will not return to Earth on the troubled Boeing Starliner spacecraft. Instead, NASA will bring them home in February 2025 aboard a SpaceX vehicle, while Starliner falls to Earth uncrewed.

NASA chose SpaceX to return astronauts from the space station amid Boeing issues. Elon Musk's company prepares to launch major spacewalk mission.

Navy test pilots Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams extend their stay at the ISS due to Boeing capsule issues, highlighting their experience and dedication.

The two astronauts who will spend extra months at the International Space Station have both flown long space missions before

Bill Nelson says bringing astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams back to Earth on faulty Starliner is too risky.

Two US astronauts who arrived at the International Space Station aboard Boeing's Starliner will have to return home via rival SpaceX, NASA said Saturday in a fresh public relations blow to the crisis-hit aviation giant

NASA decided Saturday (Aug. 24) to return its two Boeing Starliner astronauts to Earth in February 2025. Their Starliner capsule will come back empty over thruster concerns.