I celebrated Christmas in space, so I know what the ‘stranded’ astronauts will endure now that their rescue has been delayed… yet again [Video]

14:27 EST 24 Dec 2024, updated 14:29 EST 24 Dec 2024

In 2010, Cady Coleman spent Christmas Day as far away from hearth and home as is humanly possible – and she loved every moment of it.

Indeed, for an astronaut, the chance to be one of only 688 people to take their turn in space, in her case orbiting Earth onboard the International Space Station, is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

‘We’ve trained for years, we’ve been at NASA for years. To be able to finally get to the Space Station and do the work that we’ve prepared for makes it all worth it,’ Coleman, 63, told the Daily Mail in an exclusive interview.

Even if that means missing Christmas.

That’s why, she says, American astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been stranded in space for more than six months, are likely thrilled to be stuck more than 250 miles above their families.

The astronauts were launched onboard Boeing’s …