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adventure of sunita williams

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Answered by Mistakenkk
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Sunita Pandya Lyn Williams
(born September 19, 1965) is an American astronaut and United States Navy officer of Indo-Slovenian descent. She formerly held the records for total spacewalks by a woman (seven) and most spacewalk time for a woman (50 hours, 40 minutes).Williams was assigned to the International Space Station as a member of Expedition 14 and Expedition 15. In 2012, she served as a flight engineer on Expedition 32 and then commander of Expedition 33.
Williams is married to Michael J. Williams, a Federal police officer in Oregon. The two have been married for more than 20 years, and both flew helicopters in the early days of their careers. She has a pet Jack Russell Terrier named Gorby who was featured with her on the Dog Whisperer television show on the National Geographic Channel on November 12, 2010. In 2012, Williams expressed a desire to adopt a girl from Ahmedabad.

In September 2007, Williams visited India. She went to the Sabarmati Ashram and her ancestral village Jhulasan in Gujarat. She was awarded the Sardar Vallabhbhai PatelVishwa Pratibha Award by the World Gujarati Society,the first person of Indian descent who was not an Indian citizen to be presented the award. On October 4, 2007, Williams spoke at the American Embassy School, and then met Manmohan Singh, the then Prime Minister of India.

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Answered by joo9487
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Sunita Pandya Lyn Williams[1][2] (born September 19, 1965) is an American astronaut and United States Navy officer of Indo-Slovenian descent. She formerly held the records for total spacewalks by a woman (seven) and most spacewalk time for a woman (50 hours, 40 minutes).[3][4][5][6]Williams was assigned to the International Space Station as a member of Expedition 14and Expedition 15. In 2012, she served as a flight engineer on Expedition 32 and then commander of Expedition 33.

Sunita L. WilliamsNASA AstronautStatusActiveBornSeptember 19, 1965(age 53)
Euclid, Ohio, U.S.

Other occupation

Test pilotRank Captain, USN

Time in space

321 17 hours 15 minutesSelectionNASA Astronaut Group 17

Total EVAs

7

Total EVA time

50 hoursMissionsSTS-116/117(Expedition 14/15), Soyuz TMA-05M(Expedition 32/33)
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