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Laljibhai Chaturbhai Institute of Technology,

Bhandu - 384120

Computer Science & Engineering Department

MID SEMESTER INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

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INDEX

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1. Story of

Sunita Williams


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Sunita Williams

NASA Astronaut

Nationality America

Status Active

Born

September 19, 1965 (age 47)

Euclid, Ohio, United States

Other

occupationTest pilot

Rank Captain, USN

Time in

space321 days 17 hours 15 minutes

Selection 1998 NASA Group

Total EVAs 7

Total EVA

time50 hours and 40 minutes

Missions

STS-116, Expedition 14, Expedition

15, STS-117, Soyuz TMA-05M,

Expedition 32, Expedition 33
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Introduction:-

Sunita Lyn "Suni" Williams nee Pandya (born September 19, 1965) is a formerAmerican astronaut and a United States Navy officer. She holds the records for

longest single space flight by a woman (195 days), total spacewalksby a woman

(seven), and most spacewalk time for a woman (50 hours, 40 minutes).

Williams was assigned to the International Space Station as a member ofExpedition14 and Expedition 15. In 2012, she served as a flight engineeron Expedition 32 and

then commander ofExpedition 33.

Personal life:-

Born September 19, 1965 in Euclid, Ohio, but considers Needham, Massachusetts tobe her hometown. Married to Michael J. Williams. Although they have no children,

a crazy Jack Russell Terrier named Gorby has added his share of excitement to their

lives, as has a Labrador retriever named Bailey. Recreational interests include

running swimming, biking, triathlons, windsurfing, snowboarding and bow hunting.

Her parents, Dr. Deepak and Mrs. Bonnie Pandya, reside in Falmouth, Massachusetts.

Williams is married to Michael J. Williams, a Federal police officerin Oregon. Thetwo have been married for more than 20 years, and both flew helicopters in the early

days of their careers. She has a pet Jack Russell Terriernamed Gorby who was

featured with her on the "Dog Whisperer" television show on the National Geographic

Channel on November 12, 2010.[33]Her recreational interests include running,

swimming, biking, triathlons, windsurfing, snowboarding and bow hunting. She is an

avid Boston Red Sox fan.

Williams has expressed a desire to adopt a girl from Ahmedabad.
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EDUCATION:-

Needham High School, Needham, Massachusetts, 1983.B.S., Physical Science, U.S. Naval Academy, 1987.

M.S., Engineering Management, Florida Institute of Technology, 1995.

ORGANIZATIONS: Society of Experimental Test Pilots, Society of Flight TestEngineers, American Helicopter Association.

SPECIAL HONORS: Awarded Navy Commendation Medal (2), Navy and MarineCorps Achievement Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal and various other service

awards.

Ancestry and early life:-

Sunita Williams was born in Euclid, Ohio, to Indian American neuroanatomistDeepak Pandya and Slovene American Ursuline Bonnie Pandya (nee Zalokar), who

have three children and reside in Falmouth, Massachusetts. Sunita is the youngest of

three siblings, her brother Jay Thomas is four years older and her sister Dina Anna is

three years older.

Williams paternal ancestry is fromJhulasan, Mehsana district in Gujarat, India, whileher maternal great grandmother Mary Bohinc (originally Marija Bohinjec), born 5

September 1890 in Lese, immigrated to America as eleven years old girl with her

mother, an 1891 Slovene emigrant Ursula Bohinc ne Strajhar.

Williams graduated from Needham High School in Needham, Massachusetts, in 1983.She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical science from the United States

Naval Academy in 1987, and a Master of Science degree in Engineering Management

from Florida Institute of Technology in 1995.

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Military career:-

Williams was commissioned an ensign in the United States Navy in May 1987. Aftera six-month temporary assignment at the Naval Coastal System Command, she was

designated a Basic Diving Officer. She next reported to the Naval Air Training

Command, where she was designated a Naval Aviatorin July 1989. She received

initial H-46 Sea Knight training in Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 3 (HC-3),

and was then assigned to Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 8 (HS-8) in Norfolk,

Virginia, with which she made overseas deployments to the Mediterranean, Red Sea

and the Persian Gulf forOperation Desert Shield and Operation Provide Comfort. In

September 1992, she was the Officer-in-Charge of an H-46 detachment sent to Miami,

Florida, forHurricane Andrew relief operations aboard the USS Sylvania.

In January 1993, Williams began training at the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School. Shegraduated in December, and was assigned to the Rotary Wing Aircraft Test

Directorate as an H-46 Project Officer and V-22 chase pilot in the T-2. Later, she was

assigned as the squadron Safety Officer and flew test flights in the SH-60B/F, UH-1,

AH-1W, SH-2, VH-3, H-46, CH-53 and the H-57. In December 1995, she went back

to the Naval Test Pilot School as an instructor in the Rotary Wing Department and as

the school's Safety Officer. There she flew the UH-60,OH-6 and the OH-58. She then

went to the USS Saipanas the Aircraft Handler and the Assistant Air Boss. Williamswas deployed on the Saipan in June 1998 when she was selected by NASA for the

astronaut program.

She has logged more than 3,000 flight hours in more than 30 aircraft types.
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NASA career:-

Astronaut Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 14 flight engineer, participates in themission's third planned session of extravehicular activity (EVA).

Williams began her Astronaut Candidate training at the Johnson Space CenterinAugust 1998. It included orientation briefings and tours, numerous scientific and

technical briefings, intensive instruction in Space Shuttle and International Space

Station systems, physiological training and ground school to prepare forT-38 flight

training, as well as learning water and wilderness survival techniques.

Following training and evaluation, Williams worked in Moscow with the RussianSpace Agency on the Russian contribution to the ISS, and with the first expedition

crew sent to the ISS. AfterExpedition 1 returned, Williams worked in the Roboticsbranch on the ISS Robotic Arm and the related Special Purpose Dexterous

Manipulator. She was a crew member on the NEEMO 2 mission, and lived

underwater in the Aquarius habitat for nine days in May 2002.

In 2008, Williams served as NASA's Deputy Chief of the Astronaut Office. She wasassigned as a backup crew member forExpedition 30 to the International Space

Station, is a crew member ofExpedition 32, which launched in July 2012, and then

became the Commander ofExpedition 33, which began in September 2012.

Like many astronauts, Williams is a licensed amateur radio operator, having passedthe technician-class license exam in 2001, and was issued the call sign KD5PLB by

the Federal Communications Commission on August 13, 2001. She used one of the

two amateur radio stations aboard the ISS when she talked with school children.

In 2009, Williams appeared on theThe Colbert Reportto announce that "Tranquillity"was the winning name forNode 3 of the ISS.
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EXPERIENCE:

Williams received her commission as an Ensign in the United States Navy from theUnited States Naval Academy in May 1987.

After a six-month temporary assignment at the Naval Coastal System Command, shereceived her designation as a Basic Diving Officer and then reported to Naval

Aviation Training Command. She was designated a Naval Aviator in July 1989. She

then reported to Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 3 for initial H46, Seaknight,

training.

Upon completion of this training, she was assigned to Helicopter Combat SupportSquadron 8 in Norfolk, Virginia, and made overseas deployments to theMediterranean, Red Sea and the Persian Gulf in support of Desert Shield and

Operation Provide Comfort.

In September 1992, she was the Officer-in-Charge of an H-46 detachment sent toMiami, Florida for Hurricane Andrew Relief Operations onboard USS Sylvania.

Williams was selected for United States Naval Test Pilot School and began the course

in January 1993. After graduation in December 1993, she was assigned to the Rotary

Wing Aircraft Test Directorate as an H-46 Project Officer, and V-22 Chase Pilot in

the T-2. While there, she was also assigned as the squadron Safety Officer and flew

test flights in the SH-60B/F, UH-1, AH-1W, SH-2, VH-3, H-46, CH-53 and the H-

57.

In December 1995, she went back to the Naval Test Pilot School as an Instructor inthe Rotary Wing Department and the schools Safety Officer where she flew the UH-

60, OH-6 and the OH-58. From there, she was assigned to the USS Saipan (LHA-2),

Norfolk, Virginia, as the Aircraft Handler and the Assistant Air Boss. Williams was

deployed onboard USS Saipan when she was selected for the astronaut program.

She has logged more than 3000 flight hours in over 30 different aircraft.


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SPACE FLIGHT EXPERIENCE:

Expedition 32/33:- (July 14 to November 18, 2012). Williams launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome

in Kazakhstan, along with Russian Soyuz commander Yuri Malenchenko and Flight

Engineer Akihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, on July 14,

2012. They were welcomed on the International Space Station by NASA Flight

Engineer Joe Acaba and Russian cosmonauts, Expedition 32 commander Gennady

Padalka and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin on July 17, 2012. Williams spent four

months conducting research and exploration aboard the orbiting laboratory. She

landed in Kazakhstan on November 18, 2012, after spending 127 days in space.

During their Expedition, Williams and Hoshide performed three spacewalks to

replace a component that relays power from the space station's solar arrays to its

systems, and repair an ammonia leak on a station radiator. With 50 hours and 40minutes, Williams once again holds the record for total cumulative spacewalk time by

a female astronaut.

In addition, Williams, who has spent a total of 322 days in space on two missions,now ranks sixth on the all-time U.S. endurance list, and second all-time for a female.

STS-116:-

Williams was launched to the International Space Station (ISS) with STS-116, aboardthe Space ShuttleDiscovery, on December 9, 2006, to join the Expedition 14 crew. In

April 2007, the Russian members of the crew rotated, changing to Expedition 15.

Among the personal items Williams took with her to the ISS were a copy of theBhagavad Gita, a small figurine of the Hindu deity Ganesha and some samosas.

Expeditions 14 and 15:-

After launching aboard the ShuttleDiscovery, Williams arranged to donate her ponytail to Locks of Love. Fellow astronaut Joan Higginbotham cut her hair aboard theInternational Space Station and the ponytail was brought back to Earth by the STS-

116 crew.

Williams performed her first extra-vehicular activity on the eighth day of the STS-116mission. On January 31, February 4, and February 9, 2007, she completed three

spacewalks from the ISS with Michael Lpez-Alegra. During one of these walks, a

camera became untethered, probably because the attaching device failed, and floated

off to space before Williams could react.
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Williams became the first person to run the Boston Marathon from the space stationon April 16, 2007.

In early March 2007, she received a tube ofwasabi in a Progress spacecraft resupplymission in response to her request for more spicy food. When she opened the tube,

which was packaged at one atmospheric pressure, the gel-like paste was forced out in

the lower pressure of the ISS. In the free-fall environment, the spicy geyser wasdifficult to contain.

On April 16, 2007, she ran the first marathon by a person in orbit.Williams finishedthe 2007 Boston Marathon in four hours and 24 minutes .[18][19][20]The other crew

members cheered her on and gave her oranges during the race. Williams' sister, Dina

Pandya, and fellow astronaut Karen L. Nyberg ran the marathon on Earth, and

Williams received updates on their progress from Mission Control. In 2008, Williams

participated in the Boston Marathon again, this time on Earth. That same year, on the

game show Duel, a question was made from that event. The answers were: London,

New York, International Space Station, Paris. The most correct was the ISS.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Marathonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasabihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_spacecrafthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Marathonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunita_Williams#cite_note-18http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunita_Williams#cite_note-18http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunita_Williams#cite_note-release-20http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunita_Williams#cite_note-release-20http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_L._Nyberghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duel_%28US_game_show%29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duel_%28US_game_show%29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_L._Nyberghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunita_Williams#cite_note-release-20http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunita_Williams#cite_note-18http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunita_Williams#cite_note-18http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunita_Williams#cite_note-18http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunita_Williams#cite_note-18http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Marathonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_spacecrafthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasabihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Marathon


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Spacewalks

Sunita Williams, Expedition 32 flight engineer, appears to touch the bright sun duringa spacewalk conducted on 5 September 2012.

As of November 2012, Williams has made seven spacewalks totaling 50 hours and 40minutes, putting Williams in No. 5 on the list of most experienced spacewalkers.

On August 30, 2012, Williams and JAXA astronaut Hoshide ventured outside of theISS to conduct US EVA-18. They removed and replaced the failing Main Bus

Switching Unit-1 (MBSU-1), and installed a thermal cover onto Pressurized Mating

Adapter-2 (PMA-2).
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2007 visit to India:-

In September 2007, Williams visited India. She went to the Sabarmati Ashram, theashram set up by Mahatma Gandhi in 1915, and her ancestral village Jhulasan in

Gujarat. She was awarded the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Vishwa Pratibha Award by

the World Gujarati Society,[31]the first person of Indian descent who was not an

Indian citizen to be presented the award. On October 4, 2007, Williams spoke at the

American Embassy School, and then met Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister of

India.

Photo-1 photo-2 photo-3

In photo -1 Williams at the Nehru Memorial in Delhi. In photo-2 Williams with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. In photo-3 April 2013 in Science City Kolkata.

See also

List of Asian American astronauts List of female astronauts
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