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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).
David Benjamin Keldani – former Catholic priest who converted to Islam and changed his name to Abd ul-Aḥad Dāwūd [ 71] Nuh Ha Mim Keller – Islamic scholar who converted from Catholicism to agnosticism to Sunni Islam [ 72] Rebeka Koha – Latvian weightlifter, two time junior world champion and two time European champion.
— 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 ...
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.
The following is a list of Islamic scholars who are Converts to Islam . Abdalqadir as-Sufi. Bilal Philips. Frithjof Schuon. Hamza Yusuf. Hussein Ye. Ibn Yaḥyā al-Maghribī al-Samawʾal. Ivan Aguéli. Joel Hayward.
After his conversion to Islam, he later became the founder of the Kedah Sultanate. [203] Shah Shahidullah Faridi (born John Gilbert Lennard) – British convert. [204] Ibn Sahl of Seville – Jewish poet and diplomat, born in 1212–3 to a Jewish family in Seville; Mubarak Shah (Chagatai Khan) – He was the first Chagatai Khan to convert to Islam
Astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita Williams are slated to pilot the company’s Starliner capsule on its first crewed test flight to the International Space Station on May 6.
Expedition 15 was the 15th expedition to the International Space Station (ISS). Four crew members participated in the expedition, although for most of the expedition's duration only three were on the station at any one time. During Expedition 15, the ISS Integrated Truss Structure was expanded twice: STS-117 brought the S3/S4 truss, and STS-118 ...