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Spaceflight is tough, but humans are tougher,
McClain said minutes into the flight, after signalling that the crew had safely reached space
President Trump said to Elon Musk, 'get the astronauts home and do it now' - and they're responding,
Hegseth said
I just want to take a brief moment to say we are praying for you." ... We wish you Godspeed, and we look forward to welcoming you all home soon."
In a video posted on X, Hegseth stated ... He addedAnd they're bringing NASA astronauts, [who] also happen to be retired US Navy Capt. Butch Wilmore and retired US Navy Capt. Suni Williams, home,
he added, as reported by Fox NewsIt is far easier to be enemies than it is to be friends, it's easier to break partnerships and relationships than it is to build them,
McClain said from the Crew Dragon capsule, her communications live-streamed by NASA
Spaceflight is hard, and success depends on leaders of character who choose a harder right over the easier wrong, and who build programs, partnerships and relationships. We explore for the benefit of all,
she said
We appreciate all the love and support from everybody,
Williams said in an interview earlier this week
They've been left up there – I hope they like each other, maybe they love each other, I don't know,
he said during a recent White House press conference
We celebrate the countless individuals all over the world that have made this journey possible,
said astronaut Nichole Ayers, the designated pilot of the Crew-10 mission, just before launch
We came prepared to stay long, even though we planned to stay short,
Wilmore said
What was offered, what was not offered, who it was offered to, how that process went — that’s information that we simply don’t have,
Wilmore said in a recent briefing to reporters
Considering a variety of agency priorities this week, including the launch of SPHEREx and PUNCH, as well as preparations for NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 launch Friday, and other agency missions, the agency received a one-week extension on our initial submission,
a NASA spokesperson said
I can only say that Mr. Musk, what he says is absolutely factual,
Wilmore said
We have plenty of clothes. We are well-fed,
Wilmore said in JanuaryI’m sure they would have responded and said, ‘Well, that would cost us several $100 million extra that we don’t have for a new Dragon capsule and Falcon 9.’
If Musk had made the offer to someone outside NASA leadership, the source notedThat’s been the narrative from day one: stranded, abandoned, stuck — and I get it, we both get it,
Wilmore told CNN’s Anderson Cooper in FebruaryEventually we want to go home, ... because we left our families a little while ago, but we have a lot to do while we’re up here.”
she added
I would say it's work. It's wonderful enjoyment. It's been fun. It's been trying at times, no doubt."
Wilmore, in an interview with "The Daily" host Michael Barbaro
That's what your nation's human spaceflight program's all about, planning for unknown, unexpected contingencies, and we did that,
he said