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Indian - American Astronaut Ms.Sunita Williams Landed Back on Earth with a New Record in Space

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The NASA -Astronuat  Ms. Sunita Willams is the daughter of
an Indian-American father of Gujarath.



Ms.Sunita Williams is the  second woman of Indian origin
to have been selected by NASA for a space mission after Ms. Kalpana  Chawla and
the second astronaut of Slovenian heritage after Ronald M. Sega.



Ms. Sunita Williams  was the commander of 'Expedition 33'-the trio
which had blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on 15th July 2012
to the International Space Station has  landed back on earth-
 northeast of  Arkalyk in the steppes of Kazakhstan
at 8:56 p.m. on 18th November 2012 .



Ms.Sunita Williams has returned to earth  after 127 days in space
with a new record  of the most spacewalking time by a female 
at 50 hours and 40 minutes  over seven career excursions.

Sunita Williams has logged 322 days during two space flights making her
the second on the list of most  experienced US female astronauts.

Sunita Williams  also holds the record of
the  longest spaceflight (195 days) for female space travellers.



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