When did sunita williams go to space

The recent 50th anniversary of the moon landing rekindled broad interest in space travel, and having Rusty Schweickart – a Sonoma resident and Apollo astronaut – serve as the Fourth of July parade's grand marshal brought it home locally. Extra: See the ISS tour from Suni Williams in video below... Eyes turned skyward again for lunar eclipses, meteor showers and other astral phenomenon, as if being earthbound was simply too limiting in this day and age. The Sonoma Speakers Series next week will host perhaps their most unusual guest: a woman who embraces several job descriptions – from scientist to athlete to astronaut – Sunita Williams. Sally Ride wasn't the first female astronaut, though she was the first American woman to journey into space, in 1983. But it was 20 years earlier that the Soviet Union launched Valentina Tershkova into space, on June 16, 1963 – she orbited the earth 48 times and is still the only woman to have made a solo space mission. (Her accomplishment renders pale John Glenn's paltry three orbits the year before.) If Ride was the first American, she was far from the last – her immediate successor in space, astronaut Judith Resnik, was killed in the Challenger disaster of Jan. 28, 1986, though she had orbited before. But literally dozens of women followed in their wake over the following decades until, in December of 2006, Sunita Williams became the 45th woman to venture above the atmosphere, making the journey to the International Space Station aboard t...

To kickoff Women’s History Month, today’s astronaut Friday post is dedicated to NASA astronaut Sunita “Suni” Williams, a true pioneer in STEM education and space flight. Williams is the second woman of Indian decent to fly into space (Kalpana Chawla was the first). She crewed Expedition 14/15 and Expedition 32/33, and logged upwards of 3,000 flight hours in more than 30 different aircraft. Williams has spent a total of 322 days in space, ranking sixth on the U.S. endurance list, second for a female astronaut. With 50 hours and 40 minutes of EVA time, she is also ranked second for total cumulative spacewalk time for a female astronaut in the history of crewed space exploration. On Aug. 3, 2018, Williams became Williams’ spaceflight career is impressive, but her can-do attitude and humble outlook are perhaps more inspirational. In honor of Women’s History Month, and to celebrate a truly amazing astronaut, here are some fun facts about Williams you might not know! 1. Her path to becoming an astronaut started with a haircut Some astronauts never imagined they would fly in space. This is true of Williams. In fact, Williams first imagined she would pursue her dream to become a veterinarian. Little did she know, she would become a different kind of vet. That path landed her a spot aboard a shuttle destined for the International Space Station. Williams’ path to becoming an astronaut all started with her brother’s suggestion that she join the U.S. Naval Academy. He had attended the...

ALMATY/HOUSTON: Record-setting Indian- American SunitaWilliams along with two fellow astronauts safely returned to Earth today from the It was a perfect landing for Williams and two astronauts, Flight Engineers Yuri Malenchenko and Aki Hoshide, as they touched down in the dark, chilly expanses of central Kazakhstan on board a Russian Soyuz capsule. The three astronauts landed at 0726 IST in the town of Arkalyk. Helicopters rushed with the search-and-recovery crew to assist them, as their capsule parachuted down some 35 kilometres from the planned touchdown site due to a procedural delay. Another three astronauts remain on board the International Space Station (ISS) and will return next year. Earlier, the trio bid farewell to their fellow astronauts at the ISS, Flight Engineers Kevin Ford, The trio undocked from the Rassvet module of the ISS yesterday. The return of Williams, Hoshide and Malenchenko has wrapped up a 127-day space Williams, 47, now has spent a total of 322 days in space during her two long-duration missions. She previously served aboard the ISS as an Expedition 14/15 flight engineer from December 9, 2006, to June 22, 2007. Williams now also holds Williams has a total of 50 hours and 40 minutes of spacewalking time over seven spacewalks, including the three she conducted during Expeditions 32 and 33. This was the second trip into space for Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, who visited the station as an STS-124 mission specialist aboard space ...

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