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Sunita Lyn Williams (née Pandya; born September 19, 1965), nicknamed Suni in the United States and Sončka in Slovenia, is an American (Indian origin) astronaut, United States Navy officer, and former record holder for most spacewalks by a woman (seven) and most spacewalk time for a woman (50 hours, 40 minutes).
Jun 17, 2024 · Sunita (Suni) L. Williams was selected as an astronaut by NASA in 1998 and is a veteran of two space missions, Expeditions 14/15 and 32/33. She is currently serving as the pilot of the Crew Flight Test mission aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft – the first crewed flight for that vehicle – and her third mission aboard the International ...
Jun 25, 2024 · Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams and her colleague, astronaut Butch Wilmore, are stuck at the International Space Station (ISS). According to US space agency Nasa, the return of the Boeing Starliner spacecraft has been postponed due to multiple technical issues. Nasa has decided to ...
5 days ago · Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams' scheduled return to Earth has been delayed once again after the spacecraft in which she travelled to space, the Boeing Starliner, faced a series of ...
Jun 25, 2024 · Sunita Williams (born September 19, 1965, Euclid, Ohio, U.S.) is an American astronaut who set records on her three flights to the International Space Station (ISS). In 1983 Williams entered the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland.
6 days ago · Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams left Earth on 5 June and were supposed to be back eight days later. Instead, problems plaguing Boeing's Starliner mean they can't return.
Jun 5, 2024 · In a historic achievement, Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams has become the first woman to pilot a new spacecraft on its inaugural crewed test flight to space. Williams, 58, launched aboard Boeing's Starliner capsule on June 5, alongside NASA astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore, from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Sep 22, 2004 · Sunita “Suni” L. Williams was selected as a NASA astronaut in 1998. She is currently serving as the pilot of the Crew Flight Test mission aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft – the first crewed flight for that vehicle – and her third mission aboard the International Space Station.
Aug 21, 2012 · Sunita Williams, who will be taking command of the International Space Station in September 2012, has put a new twist on staying in shape while off-planet. Let's take a look at...
Mar 1, 2019 · To kickoff Women’s History Month, today’s astronaut Friday post is dedicated to NASA astronaut Sunita “Suni” Williams, a true pioneer in STEM education and space flight. Williams is the second woman of Indian decent to fly into space (Kalpana Chawla was the first).
