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Sunita Williams
Sunita Williams (born September 19, 1965) is a United States Naval officer and a NASA astronaut.[1] She was assigned to the International Space Stationas a member of Expedition 14 and then joined Expedition 15. She holds the record of the longest spaceflight (195 days) for female space travelers
Personal
Williams was born in Euclid, Ohio to Deepak Pandya and Bonnie Pandya, who reside in Falmouth, Massachusetts. Dr. Deepak Pandya is a famousneuroanatomist. Williams’ roots on her father’s side go back to Gujarat in India and she has been to India to visit her father’s family. She is of Sloveniandescent from her mother’s side; therefore, she is Indian-Slovenian American.[3]
She 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 which was featured with her on the "Dog Whisperer" television show on theNational Geographic Channel on November 12, 2010.[4] Her recreational interests include running, swimming, biking, triathlons, windsurfing, snowboardingand bow hunting. She is an avid Boston Red Sox fan.
Williams is the second woman of Indian heritage to have been selected by NASA for a space mission after Kalpana Chawla and the second astronaut of Slovenian heritage after Ronald M. Sega. She holds three records for female space travelers: longest spaceflight (195 days), number of spacewalks (four), and total time spent on spacewalks (29 hours and 17 minutes).
Education
Williams attended Needham High School in Needham, Massachusetts, graduating in 1983. She came from on to receive a Bachelor of Science degree inPhysical science from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1987, and a Master of Science degree in Engineering Management from Florida Institute of Technology in 1995.[ [pic]
NASA career
Selected by NASA in June 1998, Williams began her training in August
Sunita Williams (born September 19, 1965) is a United States Naval officer and a NASA astronaut.[1] She was assigned to the International Space Stationas a member of Expedition 14 and then joined Expedition 15. She holds the record of the longest spaceflight (195 days) for female space travelers
Personal
Williams was born in Euclid, Ohio to Deepak Pandya and Bonnie Pandya, who reside in Falmouth, Massachusetts. Dr. Deepak Pandya is a famousneuroanatomist. Williams’ roots on her father’s side go back to Gujarat in India and she has been to India to visit her father’s family. She is of Sloveniandescent from her mother’s side; therefore, she is Indian-Slovenian American.[3]
She 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 which was featured with her on the "Dog Whisperer" television show on theNational Geographic Channel on November 12, 2010.[4] Her recreational interests include running, swimming, biking, triathlons, windsurfing, snowboardingand bow hunting. She is an avid Boston Red Sox fan.
Williams is the second woman of Indian heritage to have been selected by NASA for a space mission after Kalpana Chawla and the second astronaut of Slovenian heritage after Ronald M. Sega. She holds three records for female space travelers: longest spaceflight (195 days), number of spacewalks (four), and total time spent on spacewalks (29 hours and 17 minutes).
Education
Williams attended Needham High School in Needham, Massachusetts, graduating in 1983. She came from on to receive a Bachelor of Science degree inPhysical science from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1987, and a Master of Science degree in Engineering Management from Florida Institute of Technology in 1995.[ [pic]
NASA career
Selected by NASA in June 1998, Williams began her training in August