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Special Edition: Stuck in Space? Astronauts Talk Blame, Bravery & Breakthroughs

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Erica Mandy

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🗓️ 5 April 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

It was the space mission that captured headlines. Two astronauts who were supposed to spend just over one week in space ultimately spent more than 9 months on the International Space Station because of a problem with the Boeing Starliner spacecraft.

Today, we’ll hear directly from the astronauts about what went wrong and who is to blame, the cutting-edge experiments they conducted in space, and their hopes for the future of human spaceflight.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Today is Saturday, April 5th.

0:02.1

Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunny Williams were supposed to spend just over a week in space.

0:07.3

Instead, when the Boeing Starliner spacecraft ran into problems,

0:10.6

they ultimately spent more than nine months on the International Space Station waiting for a ride home.

0:15.9

It was an unplanned extension that captured headlines and sparked questions.

0:19.9

Now that they're back on Earth, we're

0:21.0

hearing about the ordeal in their own words. We put together the most interesting parts of the

0:24.9

recent NASA news conference where they reflect on the mission, what went wrong, and what comes next.

0:29.7

While answering reporters' questions, they address who they say is responsible for the mission's

0:33.6

unexpected turns, how they stayed resilient through months away from their families,

0:37.8

and why they'd still fly on the Boeing Starliner spacecraft again despite the setbacks.

0:42.6

It's an honest look at a mission that did not go according to plan, and the lessons they hope

0:46.9

will shape what comes next.

0:49.8

Welcome, welcome to the Newsworthy special edition Saturday when we sit down with a different

0:53.9

expert or celebrity every Saturday to talk about something in the news.

0:57.3

Don't forget to tune in every Monday through Friday for our regular episodes where we provide

1:01.3

all the day's news in 10 minutes.

1:03.3

I'm Erica Mandy.

1:04.2

It's now time for today's special edition Saturday.

1:09.6

Where do you lay the blame for your Starliner test flight? Clearly Starliner was not ready to fly when it did.

1:16.6

Whom do you hold responsible for everything that happened? There were some issues, of course, that happened with Starliner.

1:24.1

There were some issues, of course, that happened that prevented us from returning on Starliner.

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