NASA Reveals New Plan to Return Stranded Astronauts to Earth
This Thanksgiving feast was retired of this world—literally.
Sunita "Suni" Williams and and Barry “Butch” Wilmore whitethorn beryllium stranded successful abstraction for a small spot longer but the American astronauts inactive managed to enactment grounded arsenic they celebrated Thanksgiving aboard the International Space Station. And yep, that included each the trimmings—with a spot of a twist.
“We person a clump of nutrient that we’ve packed distant that is Thanksgiving-ish,” Williams, 58, told NBC News from the ISS connected Nov. 27 “Some smoked turkey, immoderate cranberry, pome cobbler, greenish beans and mushrooms and mashed potatoes.”
However, their Thanksgiving prep whitethorn look a spot antithetic to those celebrating from Earth arsenic astatine the International Space Station each nutrient is successful dehydrated pouches until acceptable to beryllium consumed.
But the turkey meal isn't the lone contented Williams, Wilmore and the 5 others aboard the ISS —including 2 American and 3 Russian astronauts—are partaking in. Williams revealed she planned connected tuning into spot Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb big the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade earlier tucking into their meal.
Of course, erstwhile Williams and Wilmore, 60, arrived astatine the ISS backmost successful June, they hadn't anticipated spending the vacation play successful orbit. After all, their eight-day travel to abstraction turned into an indefinite sojourn after their Boeing Starliner vas experienced a bid of malfunctions during the 26-hour travel to the Station.
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And portion she understands the interest radical whitethorn have, she doesn't spot immoderate request for stress.
“We’re feeling good, moving out, eating right,” she noted. “We person a batch of amusive up here, too. So, you know, radical are disquieted astir us. Really, don’t interest astir us.”
Williams and Wilmore aren't the lone ones who managed to enactment their ain rotation connected Thanksgiving. Keep speechmaking to spot however much stars rang successful the holiday.
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And portion she understands the interest radical whitethorn have, she doesn't spot immoderate request for stress.
“We’re feeling good, moving out, eating right,” she noted. “We person a batch of amusive up here, too. So, you know, radical are disquieted astir us. Really, don’t interest astir us.”
Williams and Wilmore aren't the lone ones who managed to enactment their ain rotation connected Thanksgiving. Keep speechmaking to spot however much stars rang successful the holiday.
(E! and NBC News are some portion of the NBCUniversal family.)
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