Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, both NASA astronauts, have been stuck at the International Space Station for more than six months due to a Starliner spacecraft malfunction. They are set to return to Earth in February 2025.

Investigators are working to determine the source of the odour, which may have originated either from the Progress spacecraft or its vestibule connecting to the ISS. This incident follows a series of earlier issues with Russian spacecraft,

Upon opening the hatch of the newly docked resupply ship, Russian cosmonauts detected a strong, unfamiliar smell and observed small droplets.

NASA insisted stranded astronaut Sunita Williams is safe & healthy amid growing public concern for her health The photo showed her looking 'gaunt', suggesting she had lost a significant amount of weight after spending more than 150 days stuck on the International Space Station. pic.twitter.com/vFEEkfVgDK — AstroNana (@ImAstroNana) November 9, 2024

In a recent incident that triggered panic, astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS), commanded by Sunita Williams, took swift safety measures on November 23 after Russian cosmonauts reported an unusual toxic odor while opening the Progress MS-29 cargo spacecraft.

A Russian supply ship brought food and equipment to the International Space Station. Cosmonauts detected a strange smell. They closed a hatch and turned on air purifiers. The odor went away quickly. The crew accessed the supplies.

The space station's current crew includes Roscosmos' Aleksandr Gorbunov, Ivan Vagner and Alexey Ovchinin, and Nasa's Pettit, Nick Hague, as well as Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore.

The strange odour was detected shortly after the docking of the spacecraft at the Poisk Module of the ISS. When the hatch was opened, cosmonauts noticed the unusual smell and small droplets, raising a

A strange odor and droplets greeted cosmonauts aboard the ISS upon opening the newly arrived Progress MS-29 cargo spacecraft. Commander Sunita Williams led a swift response, sealing off the module and initiating air purification.