Extravehicular activity
Activity done by an astronaut or cosmonaut outside a spacecraft
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| March 18 2025 | Williams returned to Earth with Crew-9, landing safely in the Gulf of Mexico near Tallahassee, Florida, after being stranded on the ISS for over nine months due to technical problems including helium leaks and propulsion system malfunctions. |
| March 16 2025 | Earth return delayed until this date following the Boeing Crew Flight Test mission. |
| March 16 2025 | Scheduled return to Earth after her extended mission on the International Space Station. |
| March 7 2025 | Williams handed over command of the International Space Station to Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin during a formal ceremony. |
| 2024 | Colin Woodell will portray Buzz Aldrin in the upcoming film Fly Me to the Moon. |
| 2024 | Aldrin endorsed Donald Trump for the Presidential Election, citing Trump's promotion of space exploration policy. |
| December 2024 | In December, Sunita Williams was included on the BBC's 100 Women list. |
| October 1 2024 | Retired from NASA after a distinguished career as an astronaut, concluding his service with the space agency. |
| September 2024 | Sunita Williams took command of the International Space Station (ISS) for the second time in her career, a position she will hold until her return in 2025. |
| August 2024 | Began a mission with fellow astronaut Butch Wilmore to conduct scientific experiments and maintenance tasks aboard the International Space Station. |
| August 2024 | Williams returned to the International Space Station as part of the Boeing Crew Flight Test, the first crewed mission of the Boeing Starliner. |
| August 24 2024 | Became one of the top 30 astronauts by time spent in space. |
| August 24 2024 | Sunita Williams entered the top 30 in time-in-space duration among astronauts, with expectations to rank in the top 12 when she returns in 2025. |
| June 5 2024 | Sunita Williams became the first woman to fly on a flight test of an orbital spacecraft when the Starliner launched to orbit with her as the spacecraft's pilot. |
| April 2024 | Confirmed as the commander of Axiom 4, a 16-day mission to the International Space Station with a four-person crew, scheduled to launch no earlier than May 2025. |
| 2023 | Bryn Thomas portrayed Buzz Aldrin in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. |
| May 5 2023 | Received an honorary promotion to brigadier general in the United States Air Force and made an honorary Space Force guardian. |
| January 30 2023 |
Michael Collins
Collins' ashes were interred at Arlington National Cemetery, providing a final resting place for the Apollo 11 astronaut.
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| January 20 2023 | On his 93rd birthday, Aldrin announced his fourth marriage to his 63-year-old companion, Anca Faur, via Twitter. |
| 2022 | Stott provided narration for Glen Cortese's musical piece 'Voyager: A Journey to the Stars', performed by the Schenectady Symphony Orchestra, connecting her space experience to artistic expression. |
| 2022 | Inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame, celebrating his remarkable career in aviation and space. |
| June 16 2022 | NASA confirmed that the Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) would be a two-person mission consisting of Wilmore and Sunita Williams. |
| April 18 2022 | NASA confirmed Williams as part of the Starliner astronaut cadre alongside Barry Wilmore and Michael Fincke. |
| April 18 2022 | NASA stated that it had not yet finalized which astronauts, including Sunita Williams, would participate in the Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission or the first operational Starliner mission. |
| 2021 | Roger Craig Smith portrayed the real Buzz Aldrin in the animated series Inside Job. |
| May 2021 | Confirmed as commander of Axiom Mission 2, marking a significant leadership role in commercial space missions. |
| April 28 2021 |
Michael Collins
Michael Collins died of cancer at his home in Naples, Florida, at the age of 90, marking the end of a significant life in space exploration.
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| April 28 2021 |
Michael Collins
Passed away at the age of 90.
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| January 2021 | Announced as back-up commander of Axiom Mission 1, potentially setting the stage for a future Axiom Space mission. |
| 2020 | Nicole Stott appeared in a Super Bowl LIV commercial promoting Girls Who Code, raising awareness about women in technology and programming. |
| June 2020 | Appeared as a guest on ABC-TV's To Tell the Truth episode, highlighting her space record. |
| May 2020 | Williams addressed more than 500,000 Indian and other international students in a virtual interview organized by the Student Hub at the Embassy of India, Washington, D.C., during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2019 |
Michael Collins
Collins is featured in the documentary film 'Apollo 11'.
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| 2019 |
Alan Bean
Author Kathleen Alcott based her novel America Was Hard to Find's description of the Apollo landing on interviews she conducted with Alan Bean.
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| 2019 |
Alan Bean
Northrop Grumman named the spacecraft for the NG-12 mission the S.S. Alan Bean in his honor.
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| 2019 | Served as keynote speaker for the Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Dental Medicine Class Day. |
| 2019 | Chris Agos portrayed Buzz Aldrin in 6 episodes of the TV series For All Mankind. |
| 2019 | Felix Scott portrayed Buzz Aldrin in the TV series The Crown. |
| 2019 | Aldrin attended the State of the Union Address as a guest of President Donald Trump. |
| 2019 | Awarded the Starmus Festival's Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication for Lifetime Achievement. |
| March 2019 | Aldrin's legal dispute with his children was resolved when they withdrew their petition and he dropped the lawsuit. |
| 2018 |
Michael Collins
Collins is portrayed by Lukas Haas in the film 'First Man'.
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| 2018 | Whitson is included in Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People. |
| 2018 | Aldrin campaigned for Dan Crenshaw in Texas during the election cycle. |
| 2018 | Aldrin was involved in a legal dispute with his children Andrew and Janice and former business manager Christina Korp over claims of mental impairment and financial control. |
| 2018 | Corey Stoll portrayed Buzz Aldrin in the film First Man. |
| November 8 2018 |
Alan Bean
Interred at Arlington National Cemetery.
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| August 2018 | Sunita Williams was assigned to the first operational mission flight (Starliner-1) to the International Space Station using Boeing's CST-100 Starliner. |
| August 2018 | Selected along with Sunita Williams to fly on CTS-1, the first operational flight of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft. |
| August 2018 | Selected for CTS-1, the first operational mission of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner. |
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This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Josh A. Cassada, Nicole Stott, Story Musgrave, Buzz Aldrin, Peggy Whitson, Michael Collins (astronaut), Alan Bean, Robert Satcher & Sunita Williams, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.