https://spacewatch.global/tag/suni-williams/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Thu, 20 Mar 2025 11:30:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/suni-williams/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2025/03/astronauts-wilmore-and-williams-return-to-earth-after-286-day-mission/ Wed, 19 Mar 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=64497 NASA Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have arrived back on earth, together with other members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9, Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov. The crew splashed down in a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, in the Gulf of Mexico. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/09/spacewatchgl-opinion-what-does-the-future-hold-for-boeings-starliner/ Thu, 05 Sep 2024 08:00:59 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=56804 Written by Gurbir Singh

On August 29th, NASA made a significant decision to bring its astronauts back to Earth aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft rather than Boeing's Starliner. However, things haven't gone as planned. Starliner will now return to Earth uncrewed on September 6th, marking a substantial commercial and reputational setback for Boeing. Should a catastrophic failure occur during re-entry or landing, it could spell the end of Boeing's Starliner program altogether.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/08/spacex-flights-grounded-by-faa-after-falcon-9-booster-mishap/ Thu, 29 Aug 2024 06:00:18 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=56765 The Federal Aviation Administration has grounded further SpaceX launches after a Falcon 9 booster anomaly on Wednesday, 28th of August. The booster was part of a Falcon 9 mission to place Starlink satellites in orbit from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. However, after the stage separation, the booster, intending to land on an uncrewed drone ship, suffered an anomaly and ended up tipping into the Atlantic Ocean. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/08/nasa-to-return-starliner-to-earth-without-crew/ Mon, 26 Aug 2024 06:00:30 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=56709 NASA has announced that it will return Boeing’s Starliner to Earth without astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard the spacecraft. The uncrewed return allows NASA and Boeing to continue gathering testing data on Starliner during its upcoming flight home, while also not accepting more risk than necessary for its crew. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/06/nasa-and-boeing-evaluate-starliner-upon-arriving-the-iss/ Thu, 13 Jun 2024 06:00:02 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=55639 NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams since getting to the International Space Station (ISS) have been testing Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. The testing is part of the data collection on the Starliner system for certification by NASA for regular crewed missions to the orbital complex. Along with teams on the ground, the astronauts are stepping through numerous flight objectives following Starliner's arrival.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/06/boeing-starliner-mission-finally-launches-to-the-iss/ Thu, 06 Jun 2024 06:00:27 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=55515 The Boeing Starliner Mission has successfully launched its first crewed flight test after three postponements, aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The mission launched NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams into orbit and are bound to the International Space Station (ISS). Starliner will subsequently autonomously dock to the station’s Harmony module and remain at the orbital laboratory for about a week]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/05/nasa-targets-may-17-as-new-launch-date-for-boeing-flight-test/ Thu, 09 May 2024 06:00:10 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=55113 NASA has announced the postponement of Boeing's first crewed space flight, following a data review which saw United Launch Alliance (ULA) decide to replace a pressure regulation valve on the Atlas V rocket’s Centaur upper stage. The Flight Test will now aim to launch no earlier than 6:16 p.m. EDT Friday, May 17, to the International Space Station. Boeing is aiming to become the second private firm to provide crew transport to and from the ISS after SpaceX became the first in 2020. ]]>