One of NASA's stranded astronauts has revealed she has lost the ability to perform several basic tasks after being stranded in space for eight months.
Sunita Williams admitted this week that she has forgotten what it's like to walk after spending 234 days in microgravity.
'I've been up here long enough, right now I've been trying to remember what it's like to walk. I haven't walked. I haven't sat down. I haven't laid down,' she said during a video call with students at Needham High School in Massachusetts on Monday.
Williams, 59 and her crewmate, Barry Wilmore, 62, were supposed to spend eight days on the ISS when they embarked on their mission on June 5, but the Boeing capsule that took them was plagued by technical issues.
The capsule has since returned to Earth empty, leaving the two astronauts stuck on the ISS until at least late March when they can catch a ride home on SpaceX's Crew-9 spacecraft.
President Donald Trump said 'the two brave astronauts' were 'virtually abandoned by the Biden administration' and asked Elon Musk and SpaceX to 'go get' them.
'Elon will soon be on his way. Hopefully, all will be safe,' the president said. 'Good luck Elon!!!'
The 53-year-old billionaire vowed in a post to retrieve Wilmore and Sunita Williams 'as soon as possible.'
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