Being an astronaut during a pandemic: 'I think I will feel more isolated on Earth'

'I think I will feel more isolated on Earth than here' NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan have watched the coronavirus pandemic unfold just like the rest of us, but from a very different vantage point aboard the International Space Station.

NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan have watched the coronavirus pandemic unfold just like the rest of us, but from a very different vantage point aboard the International Space Station.

And when they return to Earth on April 17 after being gone for seven and nine months, respectively, they will find it a very different place than when they left.On Friday, Morgan, Meir and Christopher Cassidy, who just arrived on the space station Thursday, held a press conference from the space station on Friday. Coronavirus dominated the questions they received.NASA astronauts Andrew Morgan, Jessica Meir and Christopher Cassidy are currently on the International Space Station together.

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