As she packs up her small luggage and special memorabilia for a return journey back to Earth, NASA astronaut Sunita Williams is reluctant to bid adieu to her eventful second sojourn to space which she describes as a ‘really cool’ place which nobody would like to leave.
With hours left before she is scheduled to hit her home planet, back on Earth her friends and family, especially her parents are eagerly waiting to welcome her and wishing for her safe return.
Deepak Pandya, her father, who lives in Boston, said, ‘we will be in Houston to meet her on November 18th’.
The home-bound trio of astronauts -- Williams, Flight Engineers Aki Hoshide and Yuri Malenchenko, will undock at 2226 GMT Sunday (0356 IST Monday) and land in Kazakhstan at 0153 GMT Monday (0723 IST).
However, Sunita, who says she loved her stay in space, still appears in denial.
‘I am still in denial, but I am going through the motions because I don't want to forget something when the hatch closes ... so we are preparing’.
With hours left before she is scheduled to hit her home planet, back on Earth her friends and family, especially her parents are eagerly waiting to welcome her and wishing for her safe return.
Deepak Pandya, her father, who lives in Boston, said, ‘we will be in Houston to meet her on November 18th’.
The home-bound trio of astronauts -- Williams, Flight Engineers Aki Hoshide and Yuri Malenchenko, will undock at 2226 GMT Sunday (0356 IST Monday) and land in Kazakhstan at 0153 GMT Monday (0723 IST).
However, Sunita, who says she loved her stay in space, still appears in denial.
‘I am still in denial, but I am going through the motions because I don't want to forget something when the hatch closes ... so we are preparing’.