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Sunita "Suni" Lyn Williams (née Pandya; born September 19, 1965) is an American astronaut, retired 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).
Three hours and 37 minutes into the spacewalk, Whitson surpassed NASA astronaut Sunita Williams with a total time at that point of 29 hours and 18 minutes. [ 33 ] [ 34 ] At the completion of Whitson's fifth EVA, the 100th in support of ISS assembly and maintenance, Whitson's cumulative EVA time became 32 hours, and 36 minutes, which placed her ...
Only woman to make a solo spaceflight. Vostok 6 (Jun. 16, 1963) [ 6] 2. Svetlana Savitskaya. Aug. 8, 1948. Soviet Union. First woman to fly on a space station ( Salyut 7, 1982). First woman to perform a spacewalk (Jul. 25, 1984). First woman to make two spaceflights.
Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore, both veteran NASA astronauts and former U.S. Navy test pilots, were launched aboard Starliner from Florida on June 5 and docked the next day at the ISS, where ...
NASA astronaut on Starliner mission is a 'Tennessean at heart' ... Astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore speak to the media at Kennedy Space Center on April 25. Together, they will travel ...
They went to space for eight days - and could be stuck until 2025. Mike Wendling - BBC News. August 8, 2024 at 1:29 PM. Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams prior to the launch of their mission in ...
Boeing Crew Flight Test ( Boe-CFT) is the first crewed mission of the Boeing Starliner capsule. Launched on 5 June 2024, the mission flew a crew of two NASA astronauts, Barry E. Wilmore and Sunita Williams, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to the International Space Station. The mission was meant to last eight days, ending with a landing ...
— 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 ...