Astronaut Sunita Williams' ancestral village in Gujarat celebrates her safe return to Earth
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Jhulasan celebrates NASA astronaut Sunita Williams' safe return from space with prayers and aarti after Dragon splashdown.
People in Jhulasan, the native village of NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, celebrated her safe return to Earth on Wednesday by performing aarti and offering prayers after she spent nearly nine months in space.
The celebrations began after the successful splashdown of the Dragon spacecraft, which brought Ms. Williams back to Earth along with Crew-9 members Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague, and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov.
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Earlier, the NASA astronaut’s cousin, Dinesh Rawal, organized a ‘Yagna’ in Ahmedabad on Tuesday to pray for her safe return.
SpaceX confirmed the splashdown, and NASA astronaut Nick Hague shared that the crew was “grinning ear to ear” after their safe return.
Following the landing, NASA astronaut Nick Hague delivered his first message to mission control. While the audio was somewhat unclear, Mr. Hague could be heard saying that the crew was “grinning ear to ear,” CNN reported.
“Splashdown of Dragon confirmed - welcome back to Earth, Nick, Suni, Butch, and Aleks!” SpaceX announced in a post on X.
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