Watch: Stranded Astronauts Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore Take First Spacewalk After 8 Months
After being stranded in house for eight months, NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore lastly launched into their first joint spacewalk outdoors the Worldwide House Station.
Indian-origin astronaut and Commander Sunita Williams, together with fellow astronaut Barry Wilmore, ventured outdoors the Worldwide House Station on Thursday to hold out upkeep work. As a part of their duties, in addition they wiped the station’s exterior to examine for any surviving microbes from Earth.
“Right here we go,” Mr Wilmore remarked as he exited the station, 420 kilometres above Earth, in a video livestreamed by NASA on X.
See the video right here:
LIVE: @NASA_Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are taking a spacewalk to keep up @Space_Station {hardware} and gather samples. In the present day’s spacewalk is scheduled to start out at 8am ET (1300 UTC) and go for about 6.5 hours. https://t.co/6pvzcwPdgs
— NASA (@NASA) January 30, 2025
NASA on Wednesday stated it was working with billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX to securely return the astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who’re for months struck at Worldwide House Station (ISS), again residence “as quickly as sensible.” The event got here a day after US President Donald Trump stated that SpaceX would “quickly” start a mission to repatriate the 2 American astronauts.
“NASA and SpaceX are expeditiously working to securely return the company’s SpaceX Crew-9 astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore as quickly as sensible, whereas additionally making ready for the launch of Crew-10 to finish a handover between expeditions,” the Nationwide Aeronautics and House Administration (NASA) stated in a submit on X.
Veteran astronauts Wilmore and Williams arrived on the ISS in June 2024 aboard Boeing’s Starliner. They have been as a result of spend solely eight days on the orbiting laboratory, however technical issues on the spacecraft prompted NASA to vary plans. The US house company introduced in August that Boeing rival SpaceX would deliver the crew residence in February. However their return was additional postponed as a result of SpaceX making ready a brand new spacecraft.
