{"id":786446,"date":"2024-07-27T09:22:58","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T14:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=786446"},"modified":"2024-07-27T09:22:58","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T14:22:58","slug":"think-you-have-a-rough-travel-story-try-52-days-stuck-in-space-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=786446","title":{"rendered":"Think you have a rough travel story? Try 52 days stuck in space : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams wave as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to board the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on June 5. \n <\/p>\n
Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n
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Think you have a rough travel story? Millions of Americans do this summer. But it\u2019s difficult to top, and I mean the word in all ways, the predicament of Barry \u201cButch\u201d Wilmore and Sunita \u201cSuni\u201d Williams.<\/p>\n
They\u2019re the astronauts who rocketed into space aboard the Boeing Starliner capsule on June 5 for what was supposed to be about a week in orbit on the International Space Station. As of today, they have been circling the earth for 52 days.<\/p>\n
Just before liftoff, NASA unloaded luggage that contained some personal items, like their changes of clothing, because the space agency needed the space for a new pump to help recycle liquid waste into drinkable water. Think about that over your morning coffee.<\/p>\n