NASA astronauts speak for the first time after spending nine months in ISS space

After a while on the International Space Station, it unexpectedly stretched to nine and a half months later, NASA astronaut Suni Williams is back to doing what she loves on Earth.

“I ran three miles yesterday yesterday,” Williams, who returned to Earth two weeks ago, said at a press conference Monday at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. “So I’ll give myself a little pat.”

Ms. Williams and her astronaut Butch Wilmore repeatedly expressed their gratitude. In Ms. Williams's speech, she thanked the two astronauts who shared SpaceX Crew Dragon Capsules, which brought them back to Earth. She thanked NASA. She thanked SpaceX. She thanked Boeing. She thanked the medical team for helping them get used to gravity again.

These gratitude may be appreciated by the people of the Space Agency, who, like many federal workers, have been employed for their mission, guidance and even since President Trump took office.

Ms. Williams and Mr. Wilmore took a test flight of the Boeing Starliner spacecraft to orbit in June last year for the purpose of a brief stay at the International Space Station. But due to Starliner's propulsion system issues, NASA officials believe Starliner should return to Earth, and Ms. Williams and Mr. Wilmore will remain in orbit until February.

Back on Earth, they are back to the transitional NASA, despite what course it will take.

Elon Musk and his government's Ministry of Efficiency aim to dismantle the massive amount of federal bureaucracy. Meanwhile, SpaceX CEO Mr. Musk also dreams of sending colonists to Mars, which has sparked speculation that NASA's current core plan – the Artemis Project (Artemis Project), which focuses on sending astronauts back to the moon, which may make Mr. Musk's preferences and other components promote other components of the agency, while potentially getting involved in climate change in research, planetary science and astronomy.

In January, Ms. Williams and Mr. Wilmore were also turned into political football, and as Mr. Trump and Mr. Musk said, the Biden administration refused to announce good publicity to Mr. Trump’s supporter Mr. Musk last fall without providing details or evidence.

The two astronauts have long insisted in public remarks that they did not feel stranded or abandoned for political reasons.

During a press conference at the Johnson Space Center, Ms. Williams, Mr. Wilmore and Nick Hague, commanders of SpaceX Crew Dragon Mission, brought them home, all played politically political fanaticism and emphasized the purpose of cooperation and unity required by astronaut missions.

“You then pair it with a country that comes together, which cares about human space programs and prays for us and what is happening,” Wilmore said.

Mr. The Hague said that many things that happened on Earth still exist below.

“You don't feel political when we operate in space,” he said. “You don't feel anything. It's strictly focused on missions.”

He noted that Ms. Williams had served as the commander of the space station for nearly six months.

Mr The Hague said the magic of human space flight is: “We can focus on something so positive to bring people together.”

Wilmore, who served as the commander of Starliner Mission, would not blame Boeing’s Starliner Capsule’s problems, led to their extended stay. “I don't like that term,” he said.

He said Boeing and NASA are responsible for what doesn't work.

“I'm going to start and point my fingers, I'll blame me,” Mr. Wilmore said. “I could have asked questions and the answers to these questions could turn the trend.”

NASA officials said the next Starliner flight could happen sometime in the second half of this year or next year. When asked if they would like to board another flight, neither Ms. Williams nor Mr. Wilmore said yes without hesitation.

“Because we're going to correct all the problems we're having,” Wilmore said. “We're going to fix them. We're going to make it work. Boeing is totally committed to. NASA is totally committed to their work. So my heart beats faster.”

“I will agree,” Ms. Williams said. “The spacecraft does have the capability.”

The International Space Station is currently scheduled to operate in 2030, when a special SpaceX-designed spacecraft will push the station out of orbit and the Pacific Ocean. Recently, Mr. Musk suggested that the space station has exceeded its practicality and should be thrown away as soon as possible within a few years. But the astronauts talked admirably about the research they did there.

Mr The Hague said the complexity of the experiment increased dramatically compared to the achievements made by staying on track six years ago.

“It just gives you the feeling that we are now in the golden age of space stations, in terms of ROI,” Mr Hague said.