Sunita Williams

Sunita Williams

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1965-09-19

Status Active

Type Government


Astronaut Biography

Sunita Pandya Lyn Williams is an American astronaut and United States Navy officer of Indo-Slovenian descent. She formerly held the records for total spacewalks by a woman (seven) and most spacewalk time for a woman (50 hours, 40 minutes). Williams was assigned to the International Space Station as a member of Expedition 14 and Expedition 15. In 2012, she served as a flight engineer on Expedition 32 and then commander of Expedition 33.

Sunita Williams's Launches

Atlas V N22 | CST-100 Starliner Crewed Flight Test

United Launch Alliance
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Soyuz FG | Soyuz TMA-05M

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-116

United Space Alliance
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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