Back سونيتا ويليامز Arabic سونيتا ويليامز ARZ সুনীতা উইলিয়ামছ Assamese Sunita Williams AST Санита Уилиамс Bulgarian सुनीता विलियम्स Bihari সুনিতা উইলিয়ামস Bengali/Bangla Sunita Williams Catalan Sunita Williamsová Czech Sunita Williams Danish
Sunita Williams | |
|---|---|
 Williams in 2004 | |
| Born | Sunita Lyn Pandya September 19, 1965 Euclid, Ohio, U.S. |
| Other names | Sončka |
| Education | United States Naval Academy (BS) Florida Institute of Technology (MS) |
| Spouse | Michael J. Williams |
| Father | Deepak Pandya |
| Space career | |
| NASA astronaut | |
| Rank | Captain, USN |
Time in space | 477 days, 4 hours, 33 minutes (currently in space) |
| Selection | NASA Group 17 (1998) |
Total EVAs | 7 |
Total EVA time | 50 hours, 40 minutes |
| Missions | STS-116/117 (Expedition 14/15) Soyuz TMA-05M (Expedition 32/33) Boeing Crew Flight Test/SpaceX Crew-9 (Expedition 71/72) |
Mission insignia |          |
Sunita Lyn "Suni" Williams (née Pandya; born September 19, 1965) 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).[1][2][3][4][5][6] 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 Crew Flight Test, the first crewed mission of the Boeing Starliner; her return to Earth has been delayed until February 2025. As such, from August 2024 until February 2025, Williams and fellow astronaut Butch Wilmore are pivoting ahead to undertake various scientific experiments and maintenance tasks aboard the International Space Station.[7]
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- ^ "Astronaut Biography" (PDF). National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Houston, Texas. August 2018.
- ^ Garcia, Mark. "Peggy Whitson Breaks Spacewalking Record". NASA blog. NASA. Archived from the original on May 21, 2017. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
- ^ NASA (2007). "Sunita L. Williams (Commander, USN)" (PDF). National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Retrieved December 19, 2007.
- ^ "Spacewalking astronauts conquer stiff bolt, install key power unit on 2nd trip outside". Associated Press. 2012. Archived from the original on September 8, 2012. Retrieved September 6, 2012.
- ^ Tariq Malik (2007). "Orbital Champ: ISS Astronaut Sets New U.S. Spacewalk Record". Space.com. Retrieved December 19, 2007.
- ^ "What will Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore do till February 2025 in space?". Times Now. August 22, 2024. Retrieved August 23, 2024.