This Day in The History | Sunita Williams Makes History on Third Space Mission | Ritam English
On June 22, 2007, Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams returned to Earth after her first space mission, setting a record for the longest time spent in space by a woman, with a total of 322 days. Born on September 19, 1965, in the USA, Williams embarked on her first space flight on December 9, 2006, aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery, returning via Soyuz TMA-10. During this mission, she completed four spacewalks, accumulating over 50 hours of extravehicular activity, another record. In 2012, Williams undertook her second space mission. Recently, on June 5, 2024, she made history again by becoming the first woman to fly a spacecraft test flight. At 58, Williams, along with NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore, traveled to the International Space Station aboard Boeing's Starliner spacecraft, marking her third space journey and reinforcing her legacy in space exploration.
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