Sunita Williams
On September 19, 1965 Sunita Williams was born in Euclid, Ohio, United States. Sunita lived with her parents and siblings. Her parents are Bonnie Pandya (mom) and Deepak Pandya (dad). Sunita is the youngest of three children. Her brother Jay Thomas is four years older and her sister Dina Anna is three years younger. Sunita is married to Michael J. Williams, a federal police officer in Oregon. They have been married for more than 20 years. They also have a pet Jack Russell Terrier named Gorby. She had expressed a desire to adopt a girl from Ahmedabad. Sunita Williams had a military career. In May 1987 Sunita Williams was commissioned an ensign in the United States Navy. Soon Sunita Williams was designated a basic diving officer. In July 1989 she next reported to the Navel Air Training Commend, where she was designated a Naval Aviator. After helicopter …show more content…
In august 1998 Sunita Williams began her astronaut candidate training at the Johnson Space Center. Sunita Williams was launched to the international space station. On April 16 2007 Sunita Williams become the first person to run the Boston Marathon from the space station. Sunita Williams arranged to donate her pony tail to Locks of Love after launching aboard the shuttle Discovery. Another astronaut cut her hair aboard the international space station and the ponytail was bought back to earth by the STS-116 crew. She completed three spacewalks from the ISS with Michael Lopez-Alegria on January 31, February 4 and February 9, 2007. On the third space walks Sunita was outside the station for six hours and 40 minutes to complete three spacewalks in nine days. In 2008 Sunita participated in the Boston Marathon again, this time on earth. Sunita broke the record of the longest single space flight by a women. She returned back to earth on June 22 2007. She had stayed 192 days in space. On September 17 2012, she became the commander of the international space
On September 19, 1965 Sunita Williams was born in Euclid, Ohio, United States. Sunita lived with her parents and siblings. Her parents are Bonnie Pandya (mom) and Deepak Pandya (dad). Sunita is the youngest of three children. Her brother Jay Thomas is four years older and her sister Dina Anna is three years younger. Sunita is married to Michael J. Williams, a federal police officer in Oregon. They have been married for more than 20 years. They also have a pet Jack Russell Terrier named Gorby. She had expressed a desire to adopt a girl from Ahmedabad. Sunita Williams had a military career. In May 1987 Sunita Williams was commissioned an ensign in the United States Navy. Soon Sunita Williams was designated a basic diving officer. In July 1989 she next reported to the Navel Air Training Commend, where she was designated a Naval Aviator. After helicopter …show more content…
In august 1998 Sunita Williams began her astronaut candidate training at the Johnson Space Center. Sunita Williams was launched to the international space station. On April 16 2007 Sunita Williams become the first person to run the Boston Marathon from the space station. Sunita Williams arranged to donate her pony tail to Locks of Love after launching aboard the shuttle Discovery. Another astronaut cut her hair aboard the international space station and the ponytail was bought back to earth by the STS-116 crew. She completed three spacewalks from the ISS with Michael Lopez-Alegria on January 31, February 4 and February 9, 2007. On the third space walks Sunita was outside the station for six hours and 40 minutes to complete three spacewalks in nine days. In 2008 Sunita participated in the Boston Marathon again, this time on earth. Sunita broke the record of the longest single space flight by a women. She returned back to earth on June 22 2007. She had stayed 192 days in space. On September 17 2012, she became the commander of the international space