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Sunita Williams
(b. 1965) is an American
astronaut
and
United States Navy
officer of Indian-Slovenian descent. Born in
Euclid, Ohio
, Williams joined the Navy in 1987 and was designated a
naval aviator
two years later. Before being selected for astronaut training in 1998, she was deployed to the
Gulf War
and in hurricane relief efforts. 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
. Since 2015 she has been involved in the
Commercial Crew Development
program. Williams holds the records for total
spacewalks
by a woman (seven) and most spacewalk time for a woman (50 hours, 40 minutes).
Photograph:
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