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NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov land in a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft in the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida on 18 March 2025. Photo: NASA.
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Lost in space, found again: The nine-month odyssey of two astronauts

What was meant to be a brief mission — just over a week to test a new spacecraft — turned into an extended odyssey of patience, resilience, and adaptation

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams blasted off on June 5 following years of delays and safety scares affecting Starliner, as well as two aborted launch attempts that came as the astronauts were strapped in and ready to go. Photo: AFP
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Astronauts stuck on ISS 'confident' Starliner will bring them home

Astronauts Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu attend a see-off ceremony before the Shenzhou-15 spaceflight mission to build China's space station, at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, near Jiuquan, Gansu province, China September 29, 2022. cnsphoto via REUTERS
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China sends astronauts to 'Celestial Palace' in historic space mission

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'Like the Moon': Astronauts flock to Spanish isle to train

Four astronauts start expedition to Mars
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Four astronauts start expedition to Mars

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First astronauts at China's new space station conduct spacewalk

The astronauts spent six months on the ISS. Photo: NASA via BBC
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Nasa astronauts splash-land on Earth in SpaceX capsule after ISS mission

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the Crew Dragon capsule, is launched carrying four astronauts on a NASA commercial crew mission to the International Space Station at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
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Astronauts arrive at space station aboard SpaceX Endeavour

Analog Astronauts of OeWF, Inigo Munoz and Carmen Kohler test the Moon Robot named 'Puli Rover' at the Kaunertaler Glacier, Austria, August 3, 2015. Picture taken August 3, 2015. Claudia Stix/OeWF via REUTERS
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Want to be an astronaut? Europe is recruiting for the first time in 11 years

The International Space Station (ISS) crew members Jessica Meir of the U.S., Oleg Skripochka of Russia and Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of United Arab Emirates walk to depart to the launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan September 25, 2019. Reuters/Shamil Zhumatov
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NASA astronauts riding SpaceX capsule poised for Sunday return

Astronauts listened to AC/DC during historic launch
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Astronauts listened to AC/DC during historic launch

The Apollo 11 astronauts, from left, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin. They were quarantined after splashdown to ensure they did not bring back any contamination from the moon. Photo: Nasa
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Apollo-11 astronauts were quarantined too

NASA's first SpaceX astronauts ready for 'messy camping trip' to space
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NASA's first SpaceX astronauts ready for 'messy camping trip' to space