For NASA Astronauts, a Landing Date at Last

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

The Boeing Starliner astronauts, who launched on the spacecraft's Crewed Flight Test on June 5, have been living aboard the International Space Station (ISS) ever since their capsule returned to Earth without them.

Posted by REDIAL at 08:30 PM | 18 COMMENTS | permalink

The fate of the astronauts have become a political issue after President Donald Trump and SpaceX founder Elon Musk said the astronauts' return was held up by the Biden White House. Other astronauts have weighed in on the public dispute, calling Musk's claims a "lie." So what is the truth?

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-- WIRED (@wired.com) March 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM

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That's like relying on a Yugo to get you home. Just sayin

#1 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-03-09 05:26 PM

That's like relying on a Yugo to get you home.

At least it works. The new one will have to wait.

#2 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-03-09 05:28 PM

At least it works. The new one will have to wait.

#2 | POSTED BY REDIAL

Are you sure about that? I wouldn't trust anything apartheid Elmo built.

#3 | Posted by a_monson at 2025-03-09 07:04 PM

Are you sure about that? I wouldn't trust anything apartheid Elmo built.

This flight was scheduled some time last November. They just gave up on the new capsule and went back to the old one to save a couple of weeks so they can claim it is a "Rescue!!!".

And I don't think Lord Commander Elon actually builds anything... he just buys people that do.

#4 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-03-09 07:43 PM

The relief crew is supposed to launch tomorrow evening, all going well.

#5 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-03-11 02:17 AM

My bad... tomorrow evening. Checks have been done and all go so far.

#6 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-03-11 09:06 PM

7:48 p.m. EDT March 12. 22ish hours and counting.

#7 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-03-11 09:31 PM

One of the NASA astronauts trapped on the International Space Station said he believes Elon Musk's claim that the Biden administration rejected the SpaceX CEO's offer to help bring the team home.
"I can only say that Mr. Musk, what he says, is absolutely factual ... I believe him," he said.

#8 | Posted by itchypossum at 2025-03-12 01:50 AM

"We have no information on that, though, whatsoever. What was offered, what was not offered, who it was offered to, how that process went. That's information that we simply don't have," he said. Wilmore also voiced his support for both the new president and the world's richest man. "All of us have the utmost respect for Mr. Musk, and obviously, respect and admiration for our president of the United States, Donald Trump. We appreciate them. We appreciate all that they do for us, for human space flight, for our nation," Williams said.

Ok. Sure.

#9 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-03-12 01:56 AM

I wonder what Kim Jong Musk's AI supercomputer Grok 3 has to say about this?

#10 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-03-12 02:01 AM

Lewzer told Elon to get them back in January? What's the holdup?

#11 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-03-12 02:18 AM

What's the holdup?

One of the holdups was SpaceX could not get their new capsule to work. So now they dumped it and are going with a used model to save a few weeks.

#12 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-03-12 02:27 AM

For NASA Astronauts, a Landing Date for now

We'll see how Musk and Trump are feeling tomorrow.

#13 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-03-12 02:38 AM

Our real concern should be for the welfare of the stranded USA astronauts that rests with irrationally angry Dem TDS perverts. They will attack or sabotage anything that doesn't fully support Dem hateful ideology, their authoritarianism and anti free speech.

Dems of today are for the elites and rich. Repubs including Elon are for all Americans. Washington DC and most Dems in government are corrupt.

#14 | Posted by Robson at 2025-03-12 08:16 PM

Launch cancelled due to hydraulic issue.

#15 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-03-12 10:58 PM

#14

---- off idiot.

#16 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-03-12 11:57 PM

NASA says earliest next launch probably Friday.

#17 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-03-13 12:49 AM

NASA said it will try again on Friday at 7:03 p.m. ET.

#18 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-03-13 01:57 PM

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