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k_buddy762

(638 posts) Sun Jun 1, 2025, 08:58 PM Jun 1

Astronauts in space for nine months didn't know if they would 'be able to make it back' [View all]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clygd1vl9yeo

When astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore approached the International Space Station (ISS) last year with failing thrusters on their Boeing Starliner capsule, they were unable to fly forward to dock.

And if they couldn't dock, they didn't know if they could make it back home again.

"Docking was imperative," Mr Wilmore told BBC News, two months after he and Ms Williams finally made a successful return to Earth. "If we weren't able to dock, would we be able to make it back? We didn't know."

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