Sunita Williams: Indian-Origin Astronaut Set To Fly To Space
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Indian-Origin astronaut Sunita Williams is set for her third mission aboard the International Space Station
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She is the pilot of the Crew Flight Test mission aboard Boeing's Starliner spacecraft, which will make its first crewed flight on May 6
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Sunita Williams was born in 1965 in Ohio to Dr Deepak and Bonnie Pandya
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She has a Bachelor's degree in Physical Science and a Master's degree in Engineering Management
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Selected as an astronaut by NASA in 1998, she has logged more than 3000 flight hours in over 30 different aircraft
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She was a flight engineer for NASA's Expedition 32 and International Space Station Commander for Expedition 33
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Sunita Williams has spent a total of 322 days in space over the course of her two missions
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With 50 hours and 40 minutes, Williams is second on the list of total cumulative spacewalk time by a female astronaut
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She is married to Michael Williams, a police officer who is also a helicopter pilot
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