21 March 2025, 19:10 | Updated: 21 March 2025, 22:43

By Johnny Jenkins

Every child dreams of being an astronaut, but the reality is far from the childhood fantasy.

Space travel is often sold as a glamorous adventure, but imagine being stuck on the International Space Station, watching the Earth spin below while wondering when - or even if - you’ll make it back.

That’s exactly what happened to NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams.

Their trip to the ISS was meant to be short, but thanks to technical issues with the Boeing Starliner spacecraft, they were stranded in space for nine months.

Can you think of anything worse than being trapped hundreds of miles above Earth with no clear return date?

Space is sometimes portrayed as luxury travel, though it’s........

© LBC