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‘India’s most illustrious daughter’: Modi’s letter to Sunita Williams
Williams, a veteran astronaut of Indian descent, returned to Earth on Mar.18, splashing down off Florida’s coast in a SpaceX capsule.
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Pranavi Sharma - Wed, 19, Mar 2025
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Astronaut Sunita Williams and PM Narendra Modi. / X/@narendramodi
A letter dated Mar.1 from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to NASA astronaut Sunita Williams is circulating on social media following her safe return to Earth after being stranded in space for nine months.
What was initially a short mission turned into an extended ordeal for Sunita and her crewmate, Butch Wilmore. As the world eagerly awaited their return in early March, Modi penned a heartfelt letter to Sunita and entrusted it to former NASA astronaut Mike Massimino, who visited India last month.
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Welcome back, #Crew9! The Earth missed you.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 19, 2025
Theirs has been a test of grit, courage and the boundless human spirit. Sunita Williams and the #Crew9 astronauts have once again shown us what perseverance truly means. Their unwavering determination in the face of the vast unknown… pic.twitter.com/FkgagekJ7C
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