Neil deGrasse Tyson warned against giving the astronauts glass cutlery after their space trip, as they are quite used to zero gravity where objects float. The first instinct of an astronaut back home is to just drop the utilities. Tyson stated that plastic cups are best suited for rehabilitation back on Earth.

After almost 10 months in space, Needham native Sunita Williams and fellow astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore are back on Earth.

Sunita Williams' extraordinary career in space exploration includes setting records for the longest spacewalk by a woman and becoming the second-longest-serving female astronaut. Initially aspiring to be a veterinarian,