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Sunita Williams is “feeling good, working out and eating right” amid claims she has lost weight due to a prolonged stay in space due to a technical glitch in the Boeing Starliner. The Indian-origin NASA astronaut recently shared how she will celebrate Thanksgiving in space.
In an interview with NBC News on November 27, Sunita Williams said that she would watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade with the NASA astronaut team deployed to the ISS.
Sunita Williams’ Thanksgiving feast in space Watch
After enjoying the parade, the astronauts will enjoy a Thanksgiving meal with their colleague Wilmore and SpaceX Crew-9 members Nick Hague and Alexander Gorbunov.
Sharing details about their Thanksgiving feast, Sunita Williams told NBC News that the astronauts will be fed “some smoked turkey, some cranberries, apple cobbler, green beans and mushrooms and mashed potatoes.”
On Wednesday, NASA shared a video message from astronauts deployed on the ISS. In the video, the astronauts shared that they were provided with foods such as butternut squash, apples, sardines and smoked turkey for the occasion.
In the video message, Sunita Williams wished her friends, family and other well-wishers on Earth a ‘Happy Thanksgiving’ and said, “Our crew here wanted to wish Happy Thanksgiving to all our friends and family on Earth. And everyone who is supporting us.”
Sunita Williams is set to return to Earth in February 2025, about eight months after the Starliner space flight launched from Earth in June this year. Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore were launched to the ISS in June.
Both were set to return to Earth about a month after their launch, but their return space flight was delayed several times due to technical glitches in the Boeing Starliner. Now, both are set to return to Earth aboard the SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft.
What is Thanksgiving? when is it celebrated?
Thanksgiving is celebrated every year on the fourth Thursday of November. Thanksgiving 2024 will be celebrated on November 28. It is a national holiday in the United States and Canada. It is celebrated to honor the blessings and harvest of the year.
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