Astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are still stranded in space. But according to the information, their return is now possible only by next year. US space agency NASA said that the return of astronauts is not possible this year. Now the question is how many days can an astronaut stay in space and how many days does Sunita Williams have experience of staying in space.
Sunita trapped in space
Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore reached the space station in June 2024 aboard a Boeing aircraft. Their return was postponed due to a malfunction in the capsule of Boeing Starliner. At the same time, NASA chief Bill Nelson says that both the astronauts will now have to return to Earth aboard SpaceX’s rocket. He told that the propulsion system of Starliner is faulty, in such a situation it is very risky for the astronauts to return to Earth through this spacecraft.
Sunita Williams’s record in space
When Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams was returning to Earth on Wednesday, June 5, this time NASA astronauts "Butch" When she flew to space for the third time with Wilmore, she made history by becoming the first member to fly to the International Space Station in Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, although no one knew that the 8-day journey would be so long. Apart from this, let us tell you that Sunita Williams is an American astronaut of Indian origin, who has traveled to space three times so far. NASA selected her as an astronaut in the year 1988. She went on a space trip for the first time in 2006. During this time she spent about 195 days in space. At the same time, Sunita made a successful trip to space for the second time in 2012. At that time she was in space for 127 days. During the second space trip, Sunita also did a spacewalk 4 times. Then her third space trip was scheduled to take place on May 7 in the year 2024, which was postponed by the space agency. Finally, on June 5, she flew for the third time to space, but due to a fault in the space craft, she has not been able to return yet.
Record for staying in space for the longest number of days
Astronaut Frank Rubio holds the NASA record for the longest space flight of 371 days. Apart from this, astronaut Peggy Whitson holds the NASA record for spending 665 days in space. NASA astronauts James Voss and Susan Helms hold the record for the longest space journey of eight hours and 56 minutes.
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