Sunita Pandya Williams

 

Sunita Lyn "Suni" Williams (née Pandya; born September 19, 1965) is an American astronaut, commander of the International Space Station, retired U.S. Navy officer, and one of the most experienced spacewalkers with nine spacewalks (second most for a woman) and a total time of 62 hours and 6 minutes (fourth overall, current record-holder for most hours spent during spacewalks by a woman). 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. In 2024, she returned to the ISS on the Boeing Crew Flight Test, the first crewed mission of the Boeing Starliner; her return to Earth was delayed until March 18, 2025.[1][2] She returned to Earth with the other crew members of Crew-9 after a nine-month mission aboard the International Space Station, landing safely off Tallahassee, Florida's coast in the Gulf of Mexico on March 18, 2025

About 

Born

Sunita Lyn Pandya

September 19, 1965 (age 59)

Euclid, Ohio, U.S.

Other names

Sonika, Sonika, Sunita Pandya Williams

Education

United States Naval Academy (BS)

Florida Institute of Technology (MS)

Spouse

Michael J. Williams

Father

Deepak Pandya

Space career

NASA astronaut

Rank

ISS Commander (twice) Captain, USN

Time in space

608 days, 20 minutes

Selection

NASA Group 17 (1998)

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