NASA astronaut Sunita Williams has refuted claims that she and her colleague Barry "Butch" Wilmore have been "virtually abandoned" in space. The accusation was leveled by US President Donald Trump, after their mission was extended from just over a week to more than nine months.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams remain stranded on the ISS due to spacecraft issues. SpaceX now rushes to repurpose an older Crew Dragon for their return.

NASA and SpaceX are addressing a scheduling conflict to return stranded astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Willmore from the International Space Station, which could potentially delay the maiden flight of Gp Capt Shubhanshu Shukla to space aboard the Axiom-04 mission.

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams has completed over 200 days in space even since she reached the International Space Station on June 6 last year. What’s holding her back in space? What hasn’t NASA brough her back to Earth yet?

Williams and Wilmore are set to return aboard the SpaceX Crew-9 capsule, which has been docked at the ISS since September 29. However, NASA protocols require that Crew-9 remain at the station until Crew-10 arrives.

NASA has announced a new return date for astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore, who have been on the International Space Station for over nine months. Their mission, originally intended to last eight days,