India, Feb. 8 -- Two NASA astronauts, Sunita Williams and Barry 'Butch' Wilmore, have been aboard the International Space Station (ISS) for over nine months-far longer than their originally planned weeklong mission.

"I don't think I'm abandoned. I don't think we're stuck up here," Williams told CBS News. "We've got food. We've got clothes. We have a ride home in case anything really bad does happen to the International Space Station."

"We're in a posture ... where we have the International Space Station fully manned and doing what the taxpayers wanted, to do world-class science. And so I feel honoured, like I said, to be here and a part of the team."

The two astronauts initially launched aboard Boeing's new Starliner capsule last June ...