Sunita Williams and Buch Wilmor, who were currently stuck in space for nine months, had an unexpected ‘foreign’ friend, when on Sunday (March 16), by the newly upcoming Spacex Crew with the International Space Station (ISS), the new upcoming SpaceX crew. In the footage shared by the ISS on X, Crew -9 commander Nick Hag was seen entering the spacecraft wearing a foreign face mask.
Mr. Hague moved to the offscreen, pointing to some off-camera and turned to a smiling to Ms. Williams and Mr. Wilmore. Crew -9 commander wore a supernatural dress waiting for Anne McClen, Nicole Aires, Japanese astronaut Takuya Onisi, and Rososmos Cosmonot Kiril Pesco, taking out from her and her crew members.
In particular, Sri Hague and Roscosmos Cosmonot Alexandra Gorbunov have been in space since last September and join their flight back home. Ms. Williams, who was clicking on pictures of the joyful incident, spoke to Mission Control and expressed happiness after embracing the members coming.
“Houston, thanks to tuning in this morning. It was a wonderful day. Very good to see our friends. Thank you very much,” said Ms. Williams.
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Social media reacts
The antics of M Hague did not pay any attention by the eagle-Idee social media users, who were amazed in the point of view of an astronaut wearing a foreign-time floating in the ISS.
“What’s with the boy in the alien mask? Isn’t anyone looking at? Did I miss anything here?” One user said, while the other said: “Amazing.
One third remarked: “Why is there no comment about the alien caught on camera?”
NASA astronaut Nick Hague wears clothes as a space foreigner to welcome the upcoming international space station crew? pic.twitter.com/3puxrluzbn
– Mike Sington (@mikesington) March 16, 2025
When are Williams and Wilmore returning?
NASA said in a statement on Sunday evening that it had pushed the anticipated ocean splash from the Florida coast to EDT (3:27 AM IST, Wednesday) on Tuesday at around 5:57 pm. It was initially slate soon compared to Wednesday.
The stranded pair of Mr. Wilmore and Ms. Williams flew into the ISS in the Starlineer Capsule of Boeing on June 5 last year, which was considered an eight-day test mission. However, both were forced to tolerate nine -month examination due to safety concerns about Boeing Capsules.
His long stay was much longer than the standard ISS rotation for astronauts of about six months.
