Stranded Boeing Starliner astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore have been stuck in space for 264 days — on a trip that should have lasted about a week — but Williams’ mom says that the snafu was an honor and that her daughter is happy aboard the International Space Station.

The Crew-9 team (comprised of 4 members) is expected to leave the International Space Station about a week after NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 mission arrives.

Sunita Williams and Barry Butch Wilmore, sent to International Space Station for an eight-day mission on June 5, have been stuck for 264 days due to several technical issues.

NASA will launch the next crew on an older SpaceX Dragon capsule on March 12, allowing astronauts Wilmore and Sunita Williams to return to Earth.

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, aboard the International Space Station (ISS) since June, faces health concerns from microgravity, affecting muscle mass, bone density, and cardiovascular fitness despite rigorous exercise.

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams’ mother, Bonnie Pandya, has revealed that it was an honor for her daughter to stay onboard for an extended period of time on the International Space Station during the Starliner mess. For the unversed, it has been more than 250 days for her on the ISS.

NASA's top officials never received an offer from Elon Musk's SpaceX to bring home two US astronauts marooned in space earlier than planned, the agency's former deputy administrator told Bloomberg.

The mission was originally scheduled to be a short one in June 2024 but problems with the spacecraft prolonged it.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Thursday alleged that the return of the astronauts who went to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard Boeing Co's Starliner spacecraft last year- Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore- was delayed owing to "political reasons.

Astronaut Sunita ‘Suni’ Williams, who is stuck in space ... according to the International Space Station (ISS). US astronaut Suni Williams works outside the International Space Station during ...