Female astronaut Sunita Williams has set yet another record, this time for the longest unbroken space flight by a woman. On Saturday morning at 05:47 GMT, Sunita surpassed the record of 188 days and 4 hours set by Shannon Lucid in 1996. Sunita who is aboard the International Space Station also set the record for the longest female spacewalk at 22 hours 27 minutes. The previous record was just over 21 hours set by Kathryn Thornton. During her time aboard the International Space Station... Read Full Story
Sunita Williams was born on September 19, 1965 in Euclid, Ohio. She is a NASA astronaut. Williams is the second woman of Indian heritage to have been selected by NASA for a space mission after Kalpana Chawla and also the second astronaut of Slovenian heritage after Ronald M. Sega. Williams' roots go back to Gujarat in India and she has been to India to visit her father's family. She is of Slovenian descent from her mother's side. Among the personal items Williams took with her to the... Read Full Story
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Transition from student to astronaut memorable: Sunita Times of India, India - 32 minutes ago AHMEDABAD: Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams considers her transition from a student to being the most experienced member on board the International …
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