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NASA astronaut reveals his secret to surviving 286 days in space

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Butch Wilmore was one of two astronauts rescued from the International Space Station earlier this month .

He was stranded in space for 286 days after the spacecraft he arrived on suffered technical problems.

Wilmore and fellow astronaut Suni Williams have been reluctant to lay the blame squarely on any one party for the blunder.

But both have repeatedly said they did not feel stranded, stuck or abandoned on the ISS .

Research has shown that astronauts who complete long-term mission on the ISS — which usually last six months — experience muscle and bone loss as well as fluid shifts inside the inner ear due to low gravity. While it typically only takes a few days for the inner ear to readjust to Earth 's gravity, regaining physical strength can take weeks to months . Some former astronauts have found that it can take up to 1.5 times the length of their mission to really feel like themselves again..

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