Tim Peake reveals what life is REALLY like for NASA's astronauts stuck in space - and warns dirty laundry and cramped conditions are the least of their concerns
Tim Peake reveals what life is REALLY like for NASA's astronauts stuck in space - and warns dirty laundry and cramped conditions are the least of their concerns
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NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were only meant to visit space for an eight-day round trip. That brief excursion has stretched into a stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS) that is now likely to last 10 months. While many of us back on Earth might be sympathetic to their situation, there are very few people who really know what they are going through.
![[Tim Peake, Britain's first astronaut to live on the ISS, says that Williams and Wilmore will now be 'looking forward to coming home']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/30/11/94675095-14341517-Tim_Peake_Britain_s_first_astronaut_to_live_on_the_ISS_says_that-a-29_1738236066256.jpg)
However, one person who knows exactly what Williams and Wilmore are feeling is Tim Peake, Britain's first astronaut to live on the ISS. After arriving on the ISS in December 2015, Peake spent more than six months living in the same conditions as NASA's stranded astronauts.
![[After arriving on the Boeing Starliner capsule in June last year, a series of technical issues meant that the NASA astronauts were unable to return home on the same spacecraft]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/30/10/94675055-14341517-image-a-3_1738233574202.jpg)
According to Peake, Williams and Wilmore will be more than ready to come back to Earth, having now spent seven months aboard the station. Speaking exclusively with MailOnline, Peake says: 'They'll be loving their time in space, but it's a long time to spend up there.
![[Tim Peake (pictured during a spacewalk) told MailOnline that the things he missed most on the ISS were 'fresh air and nature']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/30/10/94675113-14341517-image-a-4_1738233585109.jpg)
'They'll probably be looking forward to coming home.'. Suni Williams (left) and Butch Wilmore (right) have now been stranded on the International Space Station for seven months, after planning to stay for just eight days. Tim Peake, Britain's first astronaut to live on the ISS, says that Williams and Wilmore will now be 'looking forward to coming home'.
![[The only time Suni Williams (pictured) has stepped outside the station since her arrival was for a six-hour spacewalk earlier this month]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/30/10/94675057-14341517-image-a-5_1738233593733.jpg)
Wilmore and Williams first landed at the ISS on June 5 last year aboard the Boeing Starliner spacecraft. The plan was to launch the experimental capsule into space, perform some routine tests, and briefly dock with the station before returning to Earth.
![[Tim Peake says that Williams (left) and Wilmore (right) will be 'mucking in' as part of the regular ISS crew. That means conducting scientific work, making repairs to the station, and carrying out mandatory exercise]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/30/10/94675145-14341517-image-a-7_1738233638995.jpg)
