threelonmusketeersM to SpaceflightMemesEnglish · 6 days agoThey're doing fine, they're just... still there.imagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down13
arrow-up1119arrow-down1imageThey're doing fine, they're just... still there.threelonmusketeersM to SpaceflightMemesEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·edit-26 days agoThe other comment got the gist of it, but didn’t drill down into a few important details: Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams left earth on June 5th, 2024, for a flight to the ISS. They were scheduled to return between June 13th and June 15th, 8-10 days after launch. They are still there. Their damaged capsule was returned to earth without them back in September. The earliest they can return will be late March, 2025
The other comment got the gist of it, but didn’t drill down into a few important details:
Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams left earth on June 5th, 2024, for a flight to the ISS.
They were scheduled to return between June 13th and June 15th, 8-10 days after launch.
They are still there.
Their damaged capsule was returned to earth without them back in September.
The earliest they can return will be late March, 2025