two astronauts stranded in
space what's up with that Sita Williams
and Barry Wilmore known as sunny and
Butch embarked on their trip to the
International Space Station on Boeing
Starliner it was uh trying at times it
was there were some tough times all the
way through it departed on June 5th 2024
and was intended to be an 8-day Mission
however when their Starline experiened
technical malfunctions they became
stranded in space it's okay we're
professional astronauts we were are
trained for every contingency uh to live
up here so we're here NASA has since
announced that they will only return in
February 20125 as part of the SpaceX
crew N9 Mission I'm an optimist I look
at it always like glass half full um we
get to learn and train and fly in
another spacecraft so that's pretty
awesome the astronauts appear to be in
good spirits but recent images of them
have spark concerns for Sunny's help you
know it's funny I think there's some
rumors around out outside there that I
losing weight and stuff no I'm actually
right at the same amount in photos
showing them enjoying pizza and packets
of girls Peppers Sunny appears
noticeably gaunt with sunken cheeks and
a thinner frame I think my body has
changed a little bit but uh I I weigh
the same their spacecraft had suffered
from technical issues including thrust
to failures and helium leaks faced with
two options flying home on the faulty
spacecraft or waiting for space X's
capsule to pick them up sunny and Butch
chose to wait and have been in space
ever since
you certainly as uh the commander and
the PLT of your spacecraft you don't
want to see it go off without you but
that's where we wound up Sunny has since
addressed the speculation about her
health claiming that she has actually
gained muscle Butch and I have been up
here for a number of months we've been
on the workout gear we've got a bike we
got a treadmill and we got weightlifting
equipment however more doctors have
expressed concerns noting that the
natural stresses of living in
microgravity are taking a toll on their
bodies and I could definitely tell that
uh weightlifting which is not something
I do all the time has definitely changed
me my thighs are a little bit bigger my
butt is a little bit bigger the
astronauts have likely been eating less
because their bodies are expending more
energy to adjust to the absence of
gravity and maintain warmth the concern
for for us specifically uh is very
heartwarming and like I said much
appreciated people we don't even know
Across the Nation San Butch we're
praying for you come on back all that
those things this worrying development
follows the recent hospitalization of
another NASA member it can be a whole
spectrum of experience from you know
lightheadedness nausea all the way to
vomiting but many are placing the blame
on Boeing which has faced significant
failures due to faulty aircraft these
issues have not only resulted in the
loss of life on Earth but have now left
astronauts stranded in space