NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry 'Butch' Wilmore finally returned to Earth after nine long months in space. Along with them were NASA's Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, who were part of the space agency's Crew-9.
The people in native village of Sunita Williams, Gujarat's Jhulasan, celebrated her safe return.
As per the visuals posted by news agency ANI people celebrated and bursted firecrackers in Jhulasan in Mehsana district after the successful splashdown of SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. With the beating of drums, people also danced and celebrated the moment.
People also expressed joy and performed aarti in Jhulasan for her safe return to Earth.
Earlier, Dinesh Rawal, Sunita Williams' cousin brother organised 'Yagna' in Gujarat's Ahmedabad for her safe return to Earth.
What Minister of Science and Technology Said?
In a post on X, Jitendra Singh, Minister of Science and Technology, wrote, "A moment of glory , pride and relief! The whole world comes together to celebrate the safe return of this illustrious daughter of India who has instantly gone down in the history for the courage, conviction and consistency with which she endured the uncertainties of Space."