In June 2024 , astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore became temporarily stuck on the International Space Station (ISS) after the ship they rode in on – the Boeing Starliner – malfunctioned. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

Though the two stressed that they signed up for the mission knowing that delays are possible, and that they did not resent the extra time in orbit around the Earth, they were forced to remain behind a lot longer than they were expecting. Rather than eight days, the two remained on board for nine months, waiting for the next mission to relieve them of their duties and return them to the Earth.

Unfortunately, three more astronauts are about to learn how being stranded in space feels, after a p

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