The first images of the stranded NASA astronauts after their triumphant return to earth has been released.
Johnson Space Center from NASA Tweet photos of Sunita 'Suni' Williams and Barry 'Butch' Wilmore came from a plane in Houston just after 12 o'clock Wednesday.
In the photos, the duo was seen that already made a surprising recovery of their nine -month -old testing – running on its own in normal gravity.
Experts had previously said that Williams and Wilmore would probably have to be stretched or let doctors help, while adapting to being outside a zero-wasting environment for the first time since June 2024.
The new images show Wilmore, now shaved after wearing a beard in the room and cuddle his fellow Nasa comrades in Houston.
In the meantime, Williams was depicted with shaking hands with NASA officials -but was noticeably weak and still had an IV drop in her arm to receive liquids.
It is the first time that the duo was photographed after their historical return on Tuesday evening off the coast of Florida.
After recovery teams had taken their SpaceX Dragon Capsule from the Gulf of America (formerly the Gulf of Mexico), Williams, Wilmore, Nasa's Nick Hague and the Russian Aleksandr Gorbunov were taken for medical tests.
Barry 'Butch' Wilmore hugs NASA staff upon arrival in Houston after his stay of nine months in the international space station
Sunita 'Suni' Williams was seen under her own strength when she met NASA officials at the Johnson Space Center in Houston
The new NASA images also put back to the Johnson Space Center late last night in Hague and Gorbunov.
The two astronauts arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) in the Crew-9 Dragon Capsule in September.
The ship of Williams and Wilmore, Boeing's Starliner, hardly reached the ISS after mechanical problems developed during the flight.
Starliner was sent back to the earth without a crew after NASA considered it too risky to have Williams and Wilmore reused the vessel. This made room for Hague and Gorbunov to arrive at ISS in the SpaceX capsule.
SpaceX is involved in every crew mission to the station since the commercial crew program started in 2015. The Starliner flight was Boeing's first crew mission to the ISS.
All four astronauts have since been waiting for a replacement crew (crew-10), but mechanical issues and claims of political interference delayed a new mission of launching.
After Crew-10 was on board on board another SpaceX rocket on March 16, NASA and SpaceX worked on preparing the stranded astronauts for an accelerated return to earth.
Usually the transfer between ISS -Manningen takes five days, but Crew -9 was able to leave within two days -safely the coast of Florida lands about 17 hours later.
Nick Hague of NASA and the Russian Aleksandr Gorbunov (photo) were also taken to the NASA Space Center after medical exams on Tuesday
HAGUE (photo) and Gorbunov were the two pilots sent in the crew-9 Dragon Capsule to replace the defective Starliner spacecraft that stranded Williams and Wilmore
The new images reveal what some people can consider as a stunning bouncer when it comes to the health of crew-9.
Although NASA had staff there at the airport in Houston to help all four astronauts balance, it was clear that Williams, Wilmore, Hague and Gorbunov were all able to walk and walk after their medical checks.
Danish adventurer and astronaut-in training per Wimmer said that Williams and Wilmore may experience a few tough days as soon as they have landed back on earth.
In an interview with Al Arabiya, Wimmer noted that their hearts are not used to pump blood into the upper parts of their bodies – which leads to dizziness and nausea when they first arrive on earth.
He also warned that Williams and Wilmore could be a bit 'vulnerable' because the muscles and bone structure of an astronaut can deteriorate in zero gravity.
To his point, Williams seemed to be vulnerable about her hands and wrists after the NASA veteran spent 286 days in the job.
Some users on X also pointed to the clear waste problems that the astronaut has experienced since June.
“Had Suni bone loss?” Asked a person and replied to NASA's tweet.
The astronauts are expected to continue to undergo medical tests in the coming days while they switch to life on land again.
However, NASA has not specifically announced all the details of what medical tests astronauts take as soon as they return from a mission in space.
