Sunita Williams is an American NASA astronaut and retired United States Navy officer of Indian and Slovenian descent. She has completed multiple long-duration missions to the International Space Station, at one point holding the record for the most cumulative spacewalk time by a woman, and commanded ISS Expedition 33. In 2024 Williams flew as one of two crew members on the first crewed test flight of the Boeing Starliner spacecraft, which experienced thruster and propulsion problems that led NASA to keep the crew aboard the space station for an extended stay rather than return them on Starliner.
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Wikipedia Sunita Williams lead section infobox, selection field (w-bbfill-edspace5-0927)View the Source 3. Sunita Williams - Wikipedia
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1965-09-19
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was born on September 19, 1965
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Her nicknames are Suni in the United States
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is an American retired Navy captain and NASA astronaut
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A member of NASA's Commercial Crew program, she became the first woman to fly on a flight test of an orbital spacecraft during the 2024 Boeing Crew Flight Test and had her stay extended by technical problems aboard the ISS for more than nine months.
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Williams served aboard the International Space Station as a flight engineer for Expedition 14, Expedition 15, Expedition 32, and Expedition 71 and commander of Expedition 33 and Expedition 72.
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Sunita Lyn Williams (née Pandya; born September 19, 1965) is an American retired Navy captain and NASA astronaut.
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Sunita Lyn Williams (née Pandya; born September 19, 1965) is an American retired Navy captain and NASA astronaut.
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Williams served aboard the International Space Station as a flight engineer for Expedition 14, Expedition 15, Expedition 32, and Expedition 71 and commander of Expedition 33 and Expedition 72.
View the Source4. The Space Devs Launch Library 2: Launch Library 2 astronaut list, records 501 to 600
The Space Devs Launch Library 2Astronaut record 537, Sunita WilliamsQuote, Astronaut record 537, Sunita Williams
"name": "Sunita Williams" ... "flights_count": 3
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