NASA’s Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore: 'We want to set the record straight, we aren’t stranded on the International Space Station, and we weren’t abandoned'

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore who traveled to the International Space Station (ISS) in the month of June aboard the Boeing Starliner spacecraft refuted all sorts of claims that they were ‘stranded’ or ‘abandoned’, reported CNN. The NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were initially expected to stay for about a week but several issues with the Boeing Starliner spacecraft propulsion system and helium leaks eventually extended their mission.

According to CNN, in a quite recent interview, Butch Wilmore addressed the claims from US President Donald Trump and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk while putting an emphasis on the fact that they do not feel abandoned or stuck at all. Adding onto that, he also requested that the narrative be changed to ‘prepared and committed’ while reiterating that they knew the mission was a test flight and were prepared for potential issues totally.

NASA had actually planned for contingencies while asking SpaceX to return NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore as part of its Crew 9 mission well before SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's and US President Donald Trump's comments, asserted CNN. The astronauts are now eventually scheduled to return on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Freedom capsule which arrived at the ISS in the month of September with seats available for them.


NASA has now moved up the return date after changing the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule for the Crew-10 mission. The Crew-10 mission which actually includes astronauts from NASA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Roscosmos will be replacing NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore on the ISS, noted CNN.

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What did NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore recently do being at the ISS?

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore who traveled to the International Space Station (ISS) in the month of June aboard the Boeing Starliner spacecraft refuted all sorts of claims that they were ‘stranded’ or ‘abandoned’.

What is being addressed by Butch Wilmore in a recent interview?

In a quite recent interview, Butch Wilmore addressed the claims from US President Donald Trump and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk while putting an emphasis on the fact that they do not feel abandoned or stuck at all.