Sunita Williams shares first reaction on her extended space mission

Sunita Williams, in her first interview after landing back on Earth, said that she and fellow astronaut Butch Wilmore decided to make the best of the situation after finding out they would be stranded in space for an extended period of time, reported Fox News. They thanked US President Donald Trump and SpaceX owner Elon Musk for their help in bringing them back from the International Space Station (ISS), where they stayed on for nine months after their Boeing Starliner spacecraft malfunctioned, turning a mission that was supposed to be short into a long one.The two astronauts on Monday said space flight is hard, and using new technology to try to further and better themselves is harder.
Ms Williams said they prepped as if they were going to stay long while planning for the short mission. "Our focus was on the mission, the Starliner portion of the mission, first flights, test flight. And that was our focus, but we trained for everything. Maintenance on station, science on station, spacewalks on station, robotics, arm work on station. We trained for it all. And we were prepared to do anything that we were asked of for a long duration," the Indian-origin astronaut said.She also detailed how she participated in various science experiments in space, and busied herself with helping out on the space station.
When asked about what her first reaction was to being stuck for an extended period of time at the ISS, Williams told Fox News, “My first thought was, we have to pivot. If this was the destiny, if our spacecraft was going to be going home based on decisions made here, and we are going to be up there till February, I thought, let's make the best of it.” He said, “Honestly, it's not about me. It's not about my feelings. It's what this human space flight is about. It's our national goals. I had to wrap my head around, what does our nation need from me right now….we're an instrument of our nation and our national goals.”