NASA astronaut Barry Wilmore reveals how his Christian faith strengthened him while he spent 286 days in space

Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Suni Williams spent 286 days on the International Space Station .

During an interview earlier this week , Wilmore reflected for the first time on how harrowing he and Williams ’s initial journey to the space station was last summer .

The Boeing Starliner capsule inexplicably lost power to four separate thrusters, leaving Wilmore unable to adequately control it.

The two astronauts found themselves floating virtually helpless in the void of space, not sure whether they should attempt to abort the mission and return to Earth .