After nine months in orbit, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams made their way back to Earth on Tuesday.
Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams will visit the White House after they "get better," according to a statement made by US President Donald Trump on Wednesday.Trump was asked when the two astronauts would be visiting the Oval Office during an interview with Fox News.
"They need to improve. There is no pressure on your muscles or gravity when you are out there (in space). This is how you can lift a thousand pounds," the US president remarked.
"They need to improve. For them, it will be a little difficult. It's not that simple. When they do, they will visit the Oval Office," he stated. "They were up for a long time."
"PROMISE MADE, PROMISE KEPT: President Trump pledged to rescue the astronauts stranded in space for nine months," the White House wrote on X earlier in the day. "Thanks to @ElonMusk, @SpaceX, and @NASA, they safely splashed down in the Gulf of America today."
Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore go back home.
After being stranded in space for nine months, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams made their way back to Earth on Wednesday.
Ultimately, Wilmore and Williams were in orbit for 286 days, which was 278 days more than they had planned before they started. By the time of splashdown, they had gone 121 million miles (195 million kilometers) and completed 4,576 orbits of the Earth.
Both were familiar with the orbiting lab and had lived there before. They reviewed their station training before taking out. Three months into their stay, Williams was appointed commander of the station, a position they maintained until earlier this month, according to AP.
After the shuttle program concluded, NASA recruited SpaceX and Boeing to provide two rival US corporations for crew transportation to and from the space station until its abandonment in 2030 and fiery reentry.
It will have been up there for over thirty years by then, and it will be replaced by commercially operated stations so NASA can concentrate on missions to the moon and Mars.
Both were familiar with the orbiting lab and had lived there before. They reviewed their station training before taking out. Three months into their stay, Williams was appointed commander of the station, a position they maintained until earlier this month, according to AP.
After the shuttle program concluded, NASA recruited SpaceX and Boeing to provide two rival US corporations for crew transportation to and from the space station until its abandonment in 2030 and fiery reentry.
It will have been up there for over thirty years by then, and it will be replaced by commercially operated stations so NASA can concentrate on missions to the moon and Mars.
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