Sunita Williams is an American astronaut and Navy officer who holds records for longest space flight by a woman. She has spent 322 days in space across two missions to the International Space Station. Williams broke records for most spacewalks and total spacewalk time by a woman during her first mission in 2007. She regained both records during a spacewalk in 2012, with a total of 44 hours spent spacewalking.

1. “SUNITA WILLIAM’’

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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"