In Pics: Sunita Williams’ Stellar Moments During Her Historic NASA Space Mission
NASA astronaut Sunita Williams departed the International Space Station (ISS) and is targeting a splashdown off the coast of Florida at 3:27 am IST on March 19.
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Feb 11, 2025: NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Commander Sunita Williams displays genetically engineered yeast for BioNutrients investigation.
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Feb 11, 2025: Sunita Williams measures her mass using a specialized device inside the International Space Station's Zvezda service module.
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Feb 4, 2025: The Expedition 72 Commander monitors an Astrobee robotic free-flyer outfitted with tentacle-like arms containing gecko-like adhesive pads preparing to grapple a "capture cube."
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Jan 30, 2025: Sunita Williams attached to Canadarm2 robotic arm's latching end effector while being manoeuvred to her worksite 264 miles above the South Pacific Ocean.
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Jan 28, 2025: Sunita Williams works in the Quest airlock setting a pair of spacesuits that she and NASA astronaut Nick Hague will wear during a spacewalk.
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Dec 16, 2024: Sunita Williams showcases a holiday decoration aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
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Dec 2, 2024: Sunita Williams poses with items for the Rhodium Biomanufacturing 03 study that may enable the production of food/medicine in space.
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Nov 29, 2024: Sunita Williams is seen inside a vestibule between the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft and ISS's Harmony module forward port.
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Nov 24, 2024: NASA astronaut Sunita Williams poses for a fun holiday season portrait while speaking on a ham radio inside the International Space Station's Columbus laboratory module.
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Nov 15, 2024: Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore and Nick Hague pose for a picture with the US flag behind them aboard the ISS's Harmony module.
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Oct 25, 2024: Sunita Williams poses at the galley inside the ISS's Unity module at the beginning of her day.
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Oct 4, 2024: Sunita Williams checks procedures on a computer tablet while installing experiment samples inside the ISS's Combustion Integrated Rack.
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