Sunita Williams's cousin in India expressed fear over her health ahead of the NASA astronaut's homecoming after being stuck on the International Space Station for more than nine months.
Dinesh Rawal, a cousin of NASA astronaut Sunita Williams told news agency PTI he was "scared". "I may seem happy, but I am scared," he said. He recalled that both of them used to live and study together like one family.
"When she was small, she came here, I used to take her for camel rides, but she would not get off the camel. We did the pilgrimage to Somnath, we also went on trips to various places in India. I attended her marriage in Boston."
"She has been courageous since she was small. After the death of my uncle, she would frequently hold my hand, I was curious to know why, she said it felt like her father. We never got a part," Rawal added.
Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams strapped in for a mission which was supposed to be a quick test flight of Boeing's Starliner capsule last June.
After being stuck at the ISS for over nine months, their homecoming is imminent now that a new crew has arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) to replace them after launching from Florida last week.
They'll fly back with SpaceX as soon as Tuesday, their problem-plagued Starliner having returned to Earth empty months ago, leaving them behind in orbit.