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3. INTRODUCTION
Sunita Williams (born Sunita Pandya Krishna;
September 19, 1965) is an American astronaut
and a United States Navy officer who holds the
record for longest space flight by a woman.
She was assigned to the International Space
Station as a member of Expedition 14 and
Expedition 15
4. In 2012, she served as a flight engineer on
Expedition 32 and then commander of
Expedition 33.
In addition to holding the record for the
longest space flight time among female
space travelers (195 days, not counting
her ongoing 2012 mission),
5. ACHIVEMENTS
Williams first broke the two spacewalk records for
women space travellers-most number of spacewalks,
and most spacewalk time during Expedition 14/15 in
2007, but both records were surpassed by Peggy
Whitson during Expedition 16.
Williams regained both records during her sixth
spacewalk, on
September 5, 2012, and currently has 44 hours of
spacewalk time.
6. EARLY LIFE
Sunita Williams was born in Euclid, Ohio to Deepak
Pandya and Bonnie Pandya, who reside in Falmouth,
Massachusetts.
Deepak Pandya is a well-known neuroanatomist.
Williams’ paternal ancestry originates in Gujarat in
India, and that of her mother in Slovenia.
7. Williams attended Needham High School in
Needham, Massachusetts, graduating in
1983.
She went on to receive a Bachelor of Science
degree in Physical science from the United
States Naval Academy in 1987, and a Master
of Science degree in Engineering
Management from Florida Institute of
Technology in 1995.
8. NASA CAREER
Astronaut sunita L. Williams, Expedition 14 flight
engineer, participates in the mission's third planned
session of extravehicular activity (EVA).
Selected by NASA in June 1998, Williams began her
training at the Johnson Space Center in August 1998.
Her Astronaut Candidate training included orientation
briefings and tours, numerous scientific and technical
briefings, intensive instruction in Space Shuttle
9. SPACEFLIGHT EXPERIANCE
Williams was launched to the International
Space Station (ISS) with STS-116, aboard
the Space Shuttle Discovery, on December
9, 2006 to join the Expedition 14 crew.
In April 2007, the Russian members of the
crew rotated, changing to Expedition 15.
10. ORGANISATION
Society of Experimental Test Pilots
Society of Flight Test Engineers
American Helicopter Association
Honors and awards
Navy Commendation Medal
Navy and Marine Corps Achievement
Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal
Medal "For Merit in Space
Exploration"
