A video showing American astronaut Sunita Williams answering a journalist at a press conference is going viral online as recent.
Users sharing the video are claiming that Williams credited the Bhagavad Gita and Ganesh idol for returning safely to Earth after nine months in space.
In the clip, she says, "I really appreciate my Indian heritage and was glad I could bring part of it with me to space. Ganesh has always been in my house, everywhere I have lived, I had Ganesh and so he had to come with me to space and Indian food, you can never get enough of Indian food. I always make sure I have samosas in space with me. Bhagavad Gita, this last time I brought a small copy interpretation of Upanishad with me. I also brought along the Bhagavad Gita, the Odyssey and I thought that was also quite appropriate to be in space and have those types of things to reflect and read."
How did we find out the truth?: We performed a relevant keyword search on Google, which led us to the same video shared by NDTV.
This was shared on YouTube on 2 April 2013.
The video shows Williams talking about her Indian background and interests.
The video description states that Williams addressed some students at the National Science Centre in Delhi.
This comes after her second mission to space, Expedition 32/33, dated 14 July to 18 November 2012.
Another report shared by Hindustan Times on 2 April 2013 also mentions the same details.
Conclusion: An old video of Sunita Williams talking about taking Bhagavad Gita and Ganesh's idol to space is being falsely shared as recent.
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