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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
Jun 28, 2024 · The return of the Starliner spacecraft, which took NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore to the International Space Station (ISS) earlier this month, has been postponed.
5 days ago · Unfortunately for Sunita Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore, the NASA astronauts who have had their stay on the space station extended indefinitely while NASA and Boeing determine what went ...
Sunita Lyn Williams (née Pandya; born September 19, 1965) is an American 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). Williams was assigned to the International Space Station as a member of Expedition 14 and Expedition 15.In 2012, she served as a flight engineer on Expedition 32 and then commander of Expedition 33.In 2024 she returned to the ISS on the Boeing Crewed Flight ...
Jun 17, 2024 · (8 February 2007) Astronaut Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 14 flight engineer, participates in the final of three sessions of extravehicular activity (EVA) in nine days, as construction continues on the International Space Station.
5 days ago · On December 9, 2006, Williams flew aboard the space shuttle Discovery on the STS-116 mission to the ISS, where she was a flight engineer for Expeditions 14 and 15. During her stay at the space station, she made four space walks, totaling more than 29 hours outside the spacecraft, and spent a total of more than 195 days in space, both of which were records for women in space.(She held the latter record until 2015, when Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti spent more than 199 days in space ...
3 days ago · Astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore were on a seven-day mission to test the Starliner and certify it for human flights. However, issues with the spacecraft have forced them to remain aboard the flying laboratory for over a month. Listen to Story Boeing's Starliner passes crucial thruster ...
Jun 5, 2024 · Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams rocketed into space creating history as the first woman to test a spacecraft on its maiden mission, which she incidentally helped design over the last decade.
May 6, 2024 · Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams is all set to fly into space for a third time on Tuesday as the pilot aboard the Starliner spacecraft of Boeing in its first crewed test flight.The ...
4 days ago · Think you have a rough travel story? Millions of Americans do this summer. But it’s difficult to top, and I mean the word in all ways, the predicament of Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita ...
