who created a record by staying in space for 192 days
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Sunita Williams who holds the records for longest single space flight by women, maximum spacewalks by women and most spacewalk time for a women will be celebrating her 53rd birthday on 19th September. She has proven to be a twinkling star on Earth. Let’s know her successful story…
About early life
Sunita Lyn Williams is an American astronaut and United State Navy officer of Indian- Slovenian descent. She was born on September 19, 1965 in Euclid, Ohio in USA to an Indian American neuroanatomist Mr. Deepak Pandya and Mrs. Bonnie Pandya.
Early Career
Williams received her commission in the United States Navy in May 1987 as a Basic Diving Officer.
In September 1992 she was the Officer-in-Charge of an H-46 detachment sent to Miami, Florida and from there she was selected for United States Naval Test Pilot School as an Instructor in the Rotary Wing Department and the school’s Safety Officer. There she flew the UH-60, OH-6 and the OH-58. From there she was assigned as the Aircraft Handler and the Assistant Air Boss.
Williams was deployed on Saipan in June 1998 when she was selected by NASA for the astronaut program. Before selected by NASA she has logged more than 3000 flight hours in more than 30 aircraft types.
Career at NASA
Sunita Williams began her astronaut candidate training at the Johnson Space center in August 1998. She was the part of the following expeditions.
Expedition 14 and 15
On December 9, 2006 she was launched to the International Space Station (ISS) with STS-116, aboard the space shuttle Discovery to join the Expedition 14 crew.
In April 2007, the Russian members of the crew rotated, changing to Expedition 15. After launching aboard the Shuttle Discovery.
She performed her first extra-vehicular activity on the eighth day of the STS-116 mission. On January 31, February 4 and February 9, 2007 she completed 3 more space walks from the ISS and in her third spacewalk she was outside the station for 6 hours and 40 minutes. She logged 29 hours and 17 minutes in 4 spacewalks.
On April 26, 2007 NASA decided to bring Williams back to Earth on STS-117 mission aboard Atlantis. She served as a mission specialist and returned to Earth on June 22, 2007 and when the Atlantis touched the earth at 3:49p.m. EDT in California, Williams was at home after a record 192 day stay in Space.
Expedition 32 and 33
About early life
Sunita Lyn Williams is an American astronaut and United State Navy officer of Indian- Slovenian descent. She was born on September 19, 1965 in Euclid, Ohio in USA to an Indian American neuroanatomist Mr. Deepak Pandya and Mrs. Bonnie Pandya.
Early Career
Williams received her commission in the United States Navy in May 1987 as a Basic Diving Officer.
In September 1992 she was the Officer-in-Charge of an H-46 detachment sent to Miami, Florida and from there she was selected for United States Naval Test Pilot School as an Instructor in the Rotary Wing Department and the school’s Safety Officer. There she flew the UH-60, OH-6 and the OH-58. From there she was assigned as the Aircraft Handler and the Assistant Air Boss.
Williams was deployed on Saipan in June 1998 when she was selected by NASA for the astronaut program. Before selected by NASA she has logged more than 3000 flight hours in more than 30 aircraft types.
Career at NASA
Sunita Williams began her astronaut candidate training at the Johnson Space center in August 1998. She was the part of the following expeditions.
Expedition 14 and 15
On December 9, 2006 she was launched to the International Space Station (ISS) with STS-116, aboard the space shuttle Discovery to join the Expedition 14 crew.
In April 2007, the Russian members of the crew rotated, changing to Expedition 15. After launching aboard the Shuttle Discovery.
She performed her first extra-vehicular activity on the eighth day of the STS-116 mission. On January 31, February 4 and February 9, 2007 she completed 3 more space walks from the ISS and in her third spacewalk she was outside the station for 6 hours and 40 minutes. She logged 29 hours and 17 minutes in 4 spacewalks.
On April 26, 2007 NASA decided to bring Williams back to Earth on STS-117 mission aboard Atlantis. She served as a mission specialist and returned to Earth on June 22, 2007 and when the Atlantis touched the earth at 3:49p.m. EDT in California, Williams was at home after a record 192 day stay in Space.
Expedition 32 and 33
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