Sunita Williams
Also known as Sunita Lyn Williams, Sunita L. Williams
amerikansk astronaut
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Sunita Williams is a retired U.S. Navy captain and former NASA astronaut who has spent significant time working aboard the International Space Station across multiple expeditions, including commanding two of them. She is notable for being the first woman to fly on Boeing's orbital spacecraft test flight in 2024 and holds the record for the most total spacewalk time by any woman, with over 62 hours of experience outside spacecraft.
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Sunita Lyn "Suni" Williams (tidigare Pandya), född 19 september 1965 i Euclid i Ohio, är en amerikansk astronaut uttagen i astronautgrupp 17 den 4 juni 1998. Sunita Williams är den andra kvinnan av indiskt ursprung som blivit vald till ett rymduppdrag av NASA. Den första var Kalpana Chawla, som förolyckades i Columbia-katastrofen under uppdraget STS-107. Williams anslöt sig till Expedition 14 på ISS som flygingenjör den 10 december 2006. Sunita Williams har kvinnligt rekord i antalet timmar ute på rymdpromenader.
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