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SpaceX Capsule Arrives at ISS To Pick Up Stuck NASA Astronauts: What Happens Next?
Newsweek via MSN ^ | 03/16/25

Posted on 03/16/2025 8:31:28 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

A day after takeoff, a Space X crew capsule arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday to deliver replacements for two of NASA's stuck astronauts.

Why It Matters

NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams have been "stuck in space" for nine months. They were launched at the International Space Station (ISS) on a test flight of Starliner, a spacecraft built under NASA's contract with Boeing.

Wilmore and Williams launched on what they originally thought was going to be an eight-day mission, but NASA officials determined that it was unsafe for the astronauts to return in the Starliner due to propulsion problems. NASA then had to find an alternative way to bring the astronauts home.

What To Know

The newest crew includes NASA's Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, both military pilots, alongside Japan's Takuya Onishi and Russia's Kirill Peskov, both former airline pilots.

The new astronauts will learn about the space station over the next few days from Wilmore and Williams.

Then, the two will strap into their own SpaceX capsule later this week, and end the unexpected nine-month-long mission.

The Boeing Starliner capsule had encountered multiple problems, so much so that NASA has ultimately insisted it comes back empty, leaving the test pilots, Wilmore and Williams waiting for a SpaceX lift.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


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KEYWORDS: astronauts; spacex
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1 posted on 03/16/2025 8:31:28 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

The entire Leftist press secretly wants Elon’s SpaceX to fail.


2 posted on 03/16/2025 8:36:00 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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To: SeekAndFind

What happens next is they are scheduled to return to Earth Wednesday, March 19th.


3 posted on 03/16/2025 8:36:11 AM PDT by Macho MAGA Man (The last two weren't balloons. One was a cylindrical object)
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To: SeekAndFind

“What Happens Next?”

An Obama or Biden appointed judge issues an injunction and orders the spaceX capsule to return the NASA astronauts back to the space station until further notice.


4 posted on 03/16/2025 8:36:47 AM PDT by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times)
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To: SeekAndFind
"Why It Matters"

"What To Know"

I despise modern propaganda, I mean "journalism".

5 posted on 03/16/2025 8:38:05 AM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”)
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To: SeekAndFind

What happens next?

I’m going out on a limb... They’re going to rescue them and bring than back to earth?


6 posted on 03/16/2025 8:38:33 AM PDT by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: lowbridge

bttt


7 posted on 03/16/2025 8:40:34 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: SeekAndFind

"They are NOT stuck!!!"


8 posted on 03/16/2025 8:44:40 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler
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To: SeekAndFind
Poor Sunni.

Her face splashed all over national media, and it's been ten months since she had her "roots" done.

Must be devastating.

9 posted on 03/16/2025 9:00:39 AM PDT by ZOOKER
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To: Alas Babylon!

I didn’t see ‘secretly’. They have made no bones about it.


10 posted on 03/16/2025 9:04:11 AM PDT by richardtavor ( )
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To: SeekAndFind

A little factoid about one of the “Female” Astronauts who just arrived at the
ISS.
Her name is Anne McClain.
Some of you may remember she got into a Public Fight with her Lesbo Wife.
Her and her wife eventually divorced.
Take a trip down Memory Lane.

https://nypost.com/2019/08/25/nasa-astronaut-denies-space-crime-accusations-amid-bitter-divorce-battle/


11 posted on 03/16/2025 9:12:18 AM PDT by tennmountainman ( (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRobr 12-2-2023 DITTO)
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To: SeekAndFind

Turns out all they needed was a new President.


12 posted on 03/16/2025 9:14:26 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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“What Happens Next?”

In a fair world, the Biden Administration officials who stranded the astronauts for political purposes would be hauled into court and put in jail.

13 posted on 03/16/2025 9:18:02 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: tennmountainman

I knew I remembered that lezbo from somewhere. Thanks for reviving that story.


14 posted on 03/16/2025 9:21:10 AM PDT by Macho MAGA Man (The last two weren't balloons. One was a cylindrical object)
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To: lowbridge

Good one.


15 posted on 03/16/2025 9:21:49 AM PDT by iamgalt
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

They should be remembered as the SBB crew from henceforth. Stranded By Biden.


16 posted on 03/16/2025 9:23:03 AM PDT by BipolarBob (Whoever said "out of sight, out of mind" never had a snake disappear in their bedroom.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

I have seen posts on Facebook violently insisting this exact meme. Saying there Stranded is a right wing conspiracy theory.


17 posted on 03/16/2025 9:26:55 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative. )
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To: Alas Babylon!

not so much of a “secret” these days... they outright want it and say so... probably willing to pay saboteurs to carry out their desire... and probably will be willing to see to it that others die on that hill.

Satan at work.


18 posted on 03/16/2025 9:38:52 AM PDT by MIA_eccl1212 (10-10-10-10)
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To: SeekAndFind

What happens next?!??!!?? Why it matters! What to know!


19 posted on 03/16/2025 9:40:03 AM PDT by webheart (We have to call them what they are: Communists. They are not liberal or progressive. Eed Plebnista. )
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To: Sirius Lee

“Why It Matters”
“What To Know”


I refuse to read any article with that. It’s basically saying “Here’s what you must think about this.”


20 posted on 03/16/2025 9:41:31 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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