<p>Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/mamata-banerjee">Mamata Banerjee</a> on Wednesday said astronaut <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/welcome-back-prez-pm-and-others-celebrate-sunita-williams-return-to-earth-3452877">Sunita Williams</a> should be conferred with Bharat Ratna for the challenges she faced while spending nearly nine months in space.</p>.<p>Speaking at the Assembly, Banerjee congratulated the rescue team, praising their commendable efforts in bringing the astronauts back to Earth.</p>.<p>"The West Bengal Assembly would like to thank the team for rescuing Williams and another astronaut who were stranded in space for several months. I congratulate them, as well as Sunita Williams. I think she should be honoured with Bharat Ratna," Banerjee told the House.</p>.Sunita Williams back on Earth, her ancestral Gujarat village over the moon.<p>The CM said she had been closely monitoring the situation and was deeply concerned.</p>.<p>"I’m interested in space science and have been following the developments through various sources of information. I kept track of the situation daily and took regular updates," she said.</p>.<p>NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams returned to Earth on Tuesday after a nine-month stay at the space station.</p>.<p>Originally planned as an eight-day mission, their time in space was extended due to a technical glitch in their spacecraft. </p>
<p>Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/mamata-banerjee">Mamata Banerjee</a> on Wednesday said astronaut <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/welcome-back-prez-pm-and-others-celebrate-sunita-williams-return-to-earth-3452877">Sunita Williams</a> should be conferred with Bharat Ratna for the challenges she faced while spending nearly nine months in space.</p>.<p>Speaking at the Assembly, Banerjee congratulated the rescue team, praising their commendable efforts in bringing the astronauts back to Earth.</p>.<p>"The West Bengal Assembly would like to thank the team for rescuing Williams and another astronaut who were stranded in space for several months. I congratulate them, as well as Sunita Williams. I think she should be honoured with Bharat Ratna," Banerjee told the House.</p>.Sunita Williams back on Earth, her ancestral Gujarat village over the moon.<p>The CM said she had been closely monitoring the situation and was deeply concerned.</p>.<p>"I’m interested in space science and have been following the developments through various sources of information. I kept track of the situation daily and took regular updates," she said.</p>.<p>NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams returned to Earth on Tuesday after a nine-month stay at the space station.</p>.<p>Originally planned as an eight-day mission, their time in space was extended due to a technical glitch in their spacecraft. </p>