# Stuck in space

An episode of [The Slow Newscast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403), 3 Dec 2024, 31 min.

Audio: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/674e015d603b9bf59af27bfe/media.mp3

In June 2024, Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore went into space. It was expected to last just over a week. Instead, by the time they'll return, it'll have been more than eight months. This is the story of how two great American institutions - Boeing and NASA - failed them. To find out more about Tortoise: Download the Tortoise app – for a listening experience curated by our journalists Subscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts for early access and ad-free content Become a member and get access to all of Tortoise's premium audio offerings and more Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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