Episode 2877
Sunita Williams
Wed, 2025-Mar-19 02:36 UTC
Length - 1:42
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Welcome to Popular Wiki of the Day, spotlighting Wikipedia's most visited pages, giving you a peek into what the world is curious about today.
With 339,330 views on Tuesday, 18 March 2025 our article of the day is Sunita Williams.
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 most hours spent during spacewalks by a woman). Williams was assigned to the International Space Station as a member of Expedition 14 and Expedition 15. In 2012, she served as a flight engineer on Expedition 32 and then commander of Expedition 33. In 2024, she returned to the ISS on the Boeing Crew Flight Test, the first crewed mission of the Boeing Starliner; her return to Earth was delayed until March 18, 2025.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 02:36 UTC on Wednesday, 19 March 2025.
For the full current version of the article, see Sunita Williams on Wikipedia.
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