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‘I gasped out loud when I saw the last picture’

By America-Today.  November,12 2024

NASA doctors are frantically trying to help stranded astronaut Sunita Williams pack on the pounds after

she has suffered a “significant” weight loss since arriving at the International Space Station in June.

Newly released photos show Williams, 59, appearing jarringly gaunt, with sunken cheeks and a noticeably

thinner frame.

“She has lost a lot of weight,” said a NASA employee who is directly involved in the mission and has

attended multiple briefings.

“The pounds have melted off her and she’s now skin and bones. So it’s a priority to help her stabilize the

weight loss and hopefully reverse it.”

But when their Boeing Starliner experienced technical malfunctions, they became stranded in space.

A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule will give them a ride home — but it’s not due to return to Earth until

February.They have now been in space for 155 days.

According to the NASA source, the 5-foot-8 Williams began the mission at approximately 140 lbs.

But as the mission dragged on, Williams was unable to keep up with the high-caloric diets that astronauts

ust consume, the source said.

Due to changes in their metabolisms, astronauts have eat twice as many calories as earthbound humans

need each day.