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Sunita Williams

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Sunita Lyn "Suni" Williams (née Pandya; born September 19, 1965) is an American astronaut and a retired U.S. Navy officer. Williams served aboard the International Space Station as a participant in Expedition 14, a flight engineer for Expedition 15 and Expedition 32, and commander of Expedition 33. A member of NASA’s Commercial Crew program, she became the first woman to fly on a flight test of an orbital spacecraft during the 2024 Boeing Crew Flight Test and had her stay extended by technical problems aboard the ISS for more than nine months. She is one of the most experienced spacewalkers: her nine spacewalks are second-most by a woman, and her total spacewalk time of 62 hours and 6 minutes is fourth overall and the most by a woman. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sunita Williams is the 64th most popular astronaut (up from 134th in 2019), the 3,012th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,176th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Sunita Williams ranks 64 out of 556. Before her are Wally Schirra, Fred Haise, Viktor Patsayev, Michael P. Anderson, Christa McAuliffe, and Jean-Loup Chrétien. After her are Bruce McCandless II, Claude Nicollier, Toyohiro Akiyama, Barry E. Wilmore, Georgy Beregovoy, and Judith Resnik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Sunita Williams ranks 72. Before her are Fernanda Torres, Ali Dia, Nicholas Sparks, Elizabeth Hurley, Katarina Witt, and Valeria Golino. After her are Martin Lawrence, Yahya Jammeh, Robin Sharma, Chris Rock, Tim Scott, and Lennox Lewis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sunita Williams ranks 3,012 out of 20,380. Before her are Jenna Dewan (1980), Bernard Malamud (1914), Eugene Nida (1914), Rob Schneider (1963), Tom Wolfe (1930), and T Bone Burnett (1948). After her are Edward Herrmann (1943), James E. Gunn (1923), Jon Favreau (1966), Danny Kaye (1911), Anna Moffo (1932), and Pauley Perrette (1969).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Sunita Williams ranks 42. Before her are Gordon Cooper (1927), Ellison Onizuka (1946), Wally Schirra (1923), Fred Haise (1933), Michael P. Anderson (1959), and Christa McAuliffe (1948). After her are Bruce McCandless II (1937), Barry E. Wilmore (1962), Judith Resnik (1949), Sally Ride (1951), Ken Mattingly (1936), and Frank L. Culbertson Jr. (1949).

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