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Sunita Lyn "Suni" Williams (née Pandya; born September 19, 1965) is an American astronaut, retired U.S. Navy officer, and one of the most experienced spacewalkers with eight spacewalks (second most for a woman) and a total time of 56 hours and 40 minutes (eleventh overall).
As of 2024, Five people of Indian origin have been in space. The first astronaut of the Indian nationality, in space was Rakesh Sharma on Soyuz T-11 in 1984. [1] [2] Three astronauts – Kalpana Chawla, [3] [4] Sunita Williams [5] and Raja Chari [6] [7] – flew as NASA astronauts.
Sirisha had set her eyes on space, and I am not at all surprised that she is all set to realise her dream." [ 9 ] During her spaceflight, she reached a height of 89.9 km above the Earth's surface. Unity 22, being the first fully crewed test flight for Virgin Galactic, qualified Sirisha to be awarded commercial astronaut wings by the Federal ...
A tale of survival has been unfolding miles away from earth aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Nearly 250 miles above our planet, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, 61, and Sunita Williams ...
Boeing's Starliner capsule has begun its return to Earth without astronauts Sunita "Suni" Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore, who are expected to remain in space until next year.. Just after 6:00 ...
Williams, an avid runner, became the first person to run a marathon in space in 2007 by running along with the Boston Marathon on a treadmill. To put on weight, Williams could have to eat up to ...
This includes national space programs, industry and commercial space programs which train and/or hire their own professional astronauts. The flags indicate the astronaut's primary citizenship during his or her time as an astronaut. The symbol identifies female astronauts. The symbol indicates astronauts who have left low Earth orbit.
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