Who Are Suni and Butch?
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Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 2025

Who Are Suni and Butch?

Written by Kirsten Anderson and Who HQ · Illustrated by Dede Putra

Part of the Who HQ Now series

Two astronauts leave for an eight-day mission and end up spending nine months in space.

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56 pages· 970L· AR ~6.4
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In June 2024, astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore left on the Boeing Starliner for an eight-day mission to the International Space Station. Technical problems stranded them there for nine months, until they splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico in March 2025. This biography tells the story of their lives and their unexpectedly long stay in space.

From the publisher

Learn all about the lives and extended space adventure of astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore in this exciting biography. In March 2025, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore splashed into the Gulf of Mexico. A pod of dolphins greeted them, and their friends and family celebrated their return to Earth. Where had they been? The International Space Station! When Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore left for a short eight-day mission to the International Space Station in June 2024, they never dreamed they would be spending the next nine months in space! What was their original mission aboard the Boeing Starliner capsule? What technical issues stranded them? This is the story of Suni and Butch’s exciting adventure, from their initial partnership at NASA to their life on the ISS and eventual splashdown off the coast of Florida in a Space X Dragon capsule.

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Format
Paperback
Pages
56
Reading age
8–12
Audience
Juvenile Reader
Lexile
970L
AR book level
~6.4
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Reading levels
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Publication
Published
October 28, 2025
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Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9798217244744

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