
'The hardest thing has been...': NASA's Sunita Williams reveals what she’ll miss about space after returning to Earth
NASA astronaut Sunita Williams and her crewmate Butch Wilmore are finally set to return to Earth after spending nine months aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Their return has been made possible by the launch of SpaceX Crew-10, which lifted off from Kennedy Space Center on Friday night as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The newly launched crew will replace the current astronauts, ensuring a smooth transition before Williams and Wilmore head back home.
NASA in collaboration with Elon Musk's SpaceX will send its crew into space on March 12 to bring back the stranded astronauts. Excited about their homecoming, Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore shared their excitement about returning to Earth in a press conference. The duo have spent months in space since after their Boeing Starliner spacecraft encountered several technical glitches and returned home without them.
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What will Sunita Williams miss about space?
In the press conference from the space station, Williams was asked about what she would miss the most about space. Quickly replying she said, «Everything.»
«This has been Butch and mine third flight to the ISS. We helped put it together, we have been up here watching it change. Just living here gives us a unique perspective — not just outside the window, obviously — but on how to solve problems. I don't want to lose that spark of inspiration and perspective when I leave so I am going to have to bottle it up, somehow,» she said.
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Sunita Williams also spoke about the hardest part of being stranded in space for months without a clear date of return in sight. «It has been a