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 mos...

6 days ago · NASA Astronaut and U.S. Navy Captain, Ret. Sunita (Suni) L. Williams was selected as an astronaut by NASA in 1998 and is a veteran of two space missions, Expeditions 14/15 and 32/33.

3 days ago · CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A launch pad problem prompted SpaceX to delay a flight to the International Space Station on Wednesday to replace NASA’s two stuck astronauts.. The new crew needs to get to the International Space Station before Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams can head home after nine months in orbit.. Concerns over a critical hydraulic system arose less than four hours before ...

1 day ago · SpaceX has launched a rocket carrying a new crew to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of a plan to bring astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams home. The pair were due to be on the ...

Jan 30, 2025 · Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been on an unexpectedly monthslong assignment after serving on Boeing’s Starliner crewed test flight, conducted a spacewalk Thursday.

1 day ago · March 12: Crew-10, NASA astronauts, Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, were delayed by a day, then ...

4 days ago · Sunita Williams is an American astronaut. Her two spaceflights to the International Space Station combined lasted more than 321 days, ranking her second (after American astronaut Peggy Whitson) for most time spent in space by a woman.

Feb 25, 2025 · For NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, the long wait to return to Earth is almost over. They went to the International Space Station last June in a Boeing Starliner spacecraft. They ...

Feb 8, 2025 · Starliner astronaut Sunita Williams says she and crewmate Butch Wilmore have not been "abandoned" in space, as NASA considers plans to speed their return.

Sep 22, 2004 · NASA Astronaut Sunita L. Williams. Sunita “Suni” L. Williams was selected as a NASA astronaut in 1998. NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore launched aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft on June 5, 2024 for its first crewed flight, arriving at the space station on June 6.