Sunita Williams
b. 1965
American astronaut and USN officer
- Born
- 19 Sept 1965 · Euclid
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 19 Sept 1965BornBorn in Euclid
- 2007AwardNASA Distinguished Service Medal
- 2007AwardNASA Space Flight Medal
- 2008AwardPadma Bhushan
- 2011AwardMedal "For Merit in Space Exploration"
- 2012RoleISS Expedition commander
- 2013AwardGolden Order of Merit
- 2013AwardHonorary doctorate
- 2013AwardNASA Distinguished Service Medal
- 2013AwardNASA Space Flight Medal
- 2015AwardWomen in Space Science Award
- 2024RoleISS Expedition commander
- 2024AwardBBC 100 Women
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1965 – today).
- 19661966 FIFA World Cup
- 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
- 1968Prague Spring
- 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
- 19721972 Summer Olympics
- 19741974 FIFA World Cup
- 19781978 FIFA World Cup
- 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
- 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
- 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
- 19841984 Summer Olympics
- 1985Schengen Agreement
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
- 19901990 FIFA World Cup
- 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
- 19941994 FIFA World Cup
- 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
- 19981998 FIFA World Cup
- 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
- 2003 – 2011Iraq War
- 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
- 20062006 FIFA World Cup
- 20082008 Summer Olympics
- 2008Russo-Georgian War
- 20102010 Haiti earthquake
- 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
- 20112011 Norway attacks
- 2011Libyan civil war
- 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
- 20122012 Summer Olympics
- 20142014 FIFA World Cup
- 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2015Paris Agreement
- 20182018 FIFA World Cup
- 2020COVID-19 pandemic
- 20212020 Summer Olympics
- 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2023Gaza war
- 20242024 Summer Olympics
Biography
Sunita Lyn Williams (née Pandya; born September 19, 1965) is an American retired Navy captain and NASA astronaut. Williams served aboard the International Space Station as a flight engineer for Expedition 14, Expedition 15, Expedition 32, and Expedition 71 and commander of Expedition 33 and Expedition 72. A member of NASA's Commercial Crew program, she became the first woman to fly on a flight test of an orbital spacecraft during the 2024 Boeing Crew Flight Test and had her stay extended by technical problems aboard the ISS for more than nine months. She is one of the most experienced spacewalkers: her nine spacewalks are second-most by a woman, and her total spacewalk time of 62 hours and 6 minutes is fourth overall and the most by a woman.
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