Two stranded astronauts who have spent 285 days orbiting the Earth are now on their way home.
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are set to return to terra firma tomorrow morning NZ time.
To pass the time, the pair has kept busy conducting repairs on the station, venturing outside on spacewalks, and generally trying to keep fit. But how will their bodies cope with such a long time in zero gravity?
Emile talks to Dr Brian Russell, a former NASA researcher and expert on human physical performance in space, now a research associate at AUT's Sports Performance Research Institute New Zealand.
Photo: AFP PHOTO / NASA TV
