
After being stranded in space for seven months, Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams says she is trying to remember what it feels like to walk. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump asked industrialist Elon Musk's company SpaceX to bring back two NASA astronauts Assunita Williams and Butch Wilmore.
... then Sunita's second spacewalk will happen in 12 years
Sunita Williams has spent a total of 322 days in space over two missions. She and Wilmore are the first two astronauts to travel for the first time on the Boeing developed Starliner in June 2024. Sunita Williams is expected to do a spacewalk this Thursday. This will be her second spacewalk in the last 12 years.
Williams is stuck in space due to a Starliner malfunction
Sunita Williams could not return to Earth after arriving at the International Space Station in June 2024 because the spacecraft Starliner that brought her had malfunctioned and it is not safe to return by it. Both astronauts including Sunita were to return by August. However, NASA has consistently said that the astronauts are not stranded and they are healthy and connected to good people.
Williams left for the space station in June 2024
- Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams departed for the ISS in June 2024 aboard Boeing's Starliner spacecraft.
- The flight, which was intended to last only 10 days, encountered many difficulties.
- After arriving at the space station, NASA and Boeing worked for weeks to better understand the problems with the spacecraft but ultimately decided it was too difficult to return the Startliner with a crew.
What did Trump say to Musk on Sunita's early return?
US President Donald Trump told on 'Truth Social' that he asked Elon Musk's company SpaceX to ensure the return of both astronauts by the end of March. Hopefully they are all safe there. These astronauts have been waiting for their return for a long time. At the same time, Elon Musk also said in one of his posts that it is very frightening that the Biden administration has left these astronauts there for a long time.