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Sunita Williams is an American astronaut, retired U.S. Navy officer, and former record holder for most spacewalks by a woman (seven) and most spacewalk time for a woman (50 hours, 40 minutes). She has flown to the International Space Station three times, participated in various scientific experiments and maintenance tasks, and donated her hair to Locks of Love.
The expedition began with the departure of Soyuz MS-25 on 23 September 2024 and is led by Sunita Williams, her second time serving as commander of the ISS. [1] Expedition 72 will continue the extensive scientific research conducted aboard the ISS, focusing on various fields, including biology, human physiology, physics, and materials science.
In December 2006, American astronaut Sunita Williams took a copy of the Bhagavad Gita to the International Space Station. In July 2012, she took there an Om symbol and a copy of the Upanishads. [26] On 27 February 2021, SDSAT a 3U cubesat launched aboard PSLV-C51 carried a digital copy of Bhagavad Gita into space in an SD card. [27]
Jhulasan, a village of 7,000, is filled with memories of Williams' ties. A library named after her grandparents still stands, though in poor condition, as is her father Deepak Pandya's ancestral home.
Sunita Williams, an Indian American NASA astronaut aboard the Boeing Starliner on Wednesday morning, has been known to bring items representing her culture with her to space.
Starliner commander Barry "Butch" Wilmore and co-pilot Sunita Williams, both former Navy test pilots and veterans of earlier stays aboard the International Space Station, spoke with reporters from ...
Deepak Pandya (1932-2020) was a neuroanatomist who studied brain connectivity in monkeys and humans. He married Ursuline Bonnie Zalokar, a Slovene American, and they had NASA astronaut Sunita Williams as their daughter.
— Astronaut Sunita Williams sets up a new space endurance record The crew of Atlantis had a day of light duties. Earlier on the day Astronaut Sunita Williams set a new space endurance record for female astronauts. At 5:47 UTC on flight day 9, Mission Specialist Williams' time in space reached 188 days and 4 hours, matching the mark for the longest single spaceflight ever by a woman space ...