When Russian Cosmonaut Met A US Colleague And Sent A Selfie To Sunita Williams | Read

Indian-origin NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, who flew on the International Space Station's Boeing Starliner on June 5 last year and has been stuck since due to technical problems with the spacecraft, was in for a little surprise.

Cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev, participant of three ISS expeditions, met astronaut Mike Massimino in India, the two took a selfie and sent it to Sunita Williams.

"She (Sunita) is one of the happiest colleagues of mine ever. Now she has been almost 8 months in the orbit. Yesterday I met a colleague of mine, Mike Massimino, from the United States and we took a selfie and we sent it to Sunita Williams," Oleg Artemyev told NDTV.

"She replied she is very happy," said cosmonaut Artemyev, adding that the two told her that they are looking forward to meet her in March.