Sunita Williams' Mother Reacts To 'Politics' Over NASA Astronaut's Return To Earth On Dragon: 'It Was Shocking That...'

(MENAFN- Live Mint) NASA astronaut Sunita Williams' mother, Bonnie Pandya, said she is "not worried" about her daughter, who has been on an extended mission to space. "She is been there before, and we are used to this. I am not worried about her; she knows what she is doing," Pandya told NewsNation last week.

"Space is as safe as anywhere else, I guess," she said.

When asked about Elon Musk's claims about bringing back the two "abandoned" astronauts“sooner”, Bonnie said, "I don't think this should be politicised. This is science, they are doing what they normally do. I didn't think the two astronauts think its politicised."

“It's what they do. They like doing this, and they're honored to be able to go up on a long mission like this. They feel great about it," Bonnie said.

Earlier, in an interview with Fox News, Elon Musk claimed that NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore were "left up" at International Space Station (ISS) for "political reasons, which is not good".

When asked if she thinks the two astronauts are "stuck" in space, Bonnie replied, "It was kind of shocking at first to see that they weren't going to come down. But these things happened. They took three tries to get up there, so it will take some time for them to come down."

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, who have been on the International Space Station (ISS) since last June, may return to Earth on March 19. The two astronauts mentioned their date of return while speaking to CNN.

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