10 facts about Sunita Williams
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Facts about Sunita Willams:-
- Her path to becoming an astronaut started with a haircut.
- She ran the first marathon and triathlon from space.
- She was turned down the first time she applied to be an astronaut.
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1. Sunita Williams, the Indian American NASA astronaut was born on September 19, 1965, in Euclid, Ohio, to Indian American neuroanatomist Deepak Pandya and Slovene American Ursuline Bonnie Pandya. She is the youngest of three children.
2. Williams held the records for total spacewalks by a woman (seven) and most spacewalk time for a woman (50 hours, 40 minutes). She was assigned to the International Space Station as a member of Expedition 14 and Expedition 15.
3. In 2018, she was among the nine astronauts named by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for its first human spaceflight program since the retirement of the space shuttle in 2011.
4. Williams’ paternal family is from Jhulasan, Mehsana district in Gujarat, India, while her maternal great-grandmother Mary Bohinc was born in Leše, Slovenia and immigrated to the United States as an eleven-year-old with her mother.
5. Williams was inducted in the United States Navy in May 1987.
6. Reportedly among the personal items Williams took with her into space were Bhagavad Gita, a figure of Hindu deity Ganesha, and samosas.
7. The astronaut is No. 9 on the list of most experienced spacewalkers.
8. Williams served as the commander of the space station in 2012 and has spent a total of 322 days in space.
9. In 2007, Williams became the first person to run the Boston Marathon in space.
10. In 2012, she completed a triathlon, a multisport race, in space by using a treadmill, a stationary bicycle, and a weightlifting machine.
11. In the year 2007, Williams was awarded the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Vishwa Prathiba Award becoming the first person of Indian descent who was not an Indian citizen to be conferred with the award.
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