Astronauts Sunita Williams 'Sunny' and Barry Wilmore 'Butch', who have been stuck in the International Space Station (ISS) for 9 months, are going to return to Earth on Tuesday. The American space agency NASA has said that 'Sunny' and 'Butch' will return to the SpaceX spacecraft on Tuesday evening.
They are going to return to Earth on the SpaceX spacecraft along with the American and Russian astronauts who reached space on Sunday morning. It is estimated that the plane will land on the coast of Florida in the United States on Tuesday at 5:57 PM.
They reached the ISS, which is 408 km above the Earth's surface on June 5, 2024, for eight days. They stayed at the center after a problem with the propulsion system of the spacecraft, and the spacecraft was returned free.
While there, they have done research and research with 4 other people from NASA and 3 astronauts from the Russian space program. In the meantime, they jointly performed a 'space walk', i.e. exiting the spacecraft and walking in space.
Sunita has said that they are safe, healthy and happy in space. He says that physical changes have come because he has been living there for a long time. In an interview with NBC, Sunita, speaking from space, said that she works regularly for two hours a day and does physical exercises for a long time.
As soon as Donald Trump assumed the office of the US President, former President Joe Biden's administration accused the astronauts of being stranded in space. In a post on his own social network, Truth Social, Trump said that "brave astronauts are stranded in space by the Biden administration and Elon Musk will bring them back".
Sunita and Butch have delivered essential items four times since arriving at the space station. Although the space center normally shelters 7 people, it has the capacity to accommodate 10 people. In 2009, up to 13 people stayed at the center.
