The words they said, well, thats politics.
I mean, thats part of life, Wilmore told reporters.
From my standpoint, politics has not played into this at all.
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams inspect safety hardware aboard the ISS.NASA
NASA astronauts Wilmore and Suni Williamslaunched to the ISS on board Boeings CST-100 Starlineron June 5, 2024.
Instead, Williams and Wilmore are set to come home on board a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft later this month.
By that point, NASA had already agreed upon a plan to return Williams and Wilmore.
In September 2024, NASA launched its Crew-9 mission with two astronauts instead of four.
Thats information that we simply dont have.
I believe him, Wilmore added during the live broadcast.
I dont know all those details and I dont think any of us can give you the answer.
We came up prepared to stay long, even though we planned to stay short, Wilmore said.
Thats what we do in human spaceflight.
Thats what your nations human spaceflight program is all about, planning for unknown, unexpected contingencies.
And we did that.
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