Astronaut Sunita Williams is stranded on ISS, but husband says space is her ‘happy place’ | Space

Space is her “happy place” — even if she’s stuck there indefinitely.

That’s what astronaut Sunita Williams’s husband Michael told The Wall Street Journal about his wife’s current predicament: being stranded on the International Space Station with fellow astronaut Butch Wilmore because of problems with their Boeing Starliner.

When the Starliner capsule launched June 5, Williams and Wilmore expected to be in space for just eight days.

But now NASA says their mission could last eight months, with a return possibly happening in February.

The Boeing spacecraft has been plagued by thruster failures and helium leaks, leaving the teams in space to conduct testing to figure out if the capsule can fly.

NASA might be forced to launch a rescue mission, possibly calling on Elon Musk’s SpaceX to get it done.

Williams and Wilmore are living on the ISS with seven other astronauts.

They usually spend their days with…