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Sunita Williams
Sunita Williams
American Astronaut
Born: Sep 19, 1965
Earth Life Space Think Time You
Related authors: Alan Shepard Buzz Aldrin Christa McAuliffe Ellen Ochoa Jim Lovell Mae Jemison Neil Armstrong Sally Ride
Six months away from family and friends is a long time. Emotionally, you go through some ups and downs. Life changes on the ground, and you have to ready for that. Life changes for you up here as well. Sunita Williams
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The main goal of the International Space Station is to work on peaceful projects. In space, we're all people from Earth. Sunita Williams
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The International Space Station is a great place to live for a year. Sunita Williams
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Usually, if you stop for tea, someone will feel the desire to join you. Sunita Williams
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I wanted to be a veterinarian and go to school in Boston. It didn't quite work out that way, and I ended up joining the Navy as a suggestion of my big brother. It was really awesome - and I didn't realize it at the time, -but provided a lot of leadership and followership teamwork opportunities. Sunita Williams
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Planets look about the same here as they do to you on the Earth because we really aren't that much closer. Our home, the International Space Station, orbits around the Earth at about 200 miles. Sunita Williams
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You don't see any borders between countries from space. That's man-made, and one experiences it only when you return to Earth. Sunita Williams
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We certainly would not be here, living and working on the International Space Station without the commitment and dedication of all the folks who worked the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo Programs as well as the Russian Space Program. Sunita Williams
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Funny how words in one language get used in another language. For example, 'scotch' in Russian is tape and 'pampers' means diapers. Sunita Williams
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It took a little while to get used to falling asleep without laying down on a bed or having a pillow. Sunita Williams
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I think I am a smart aleck because I grew up close enough to Boston, and most people from Massachusetts talk fast, and I have a little bit of a wiseacre, and I think I'm a little bit like that. Sunita Williams
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My personal opinion, Suni Williams - I think that when we really leave the planet - we all go as humans, not as people from one country or another. We are humans; we work together. This is our only planet as human beings that we know of. So we all should have an interest in preserving it. Sunita Williams
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I am starting to think about those things that I miss from home. Ice cream is definitely one of those things we do not have up here. My favorite is pistachio. I love it with chocolate sauce. Sunita Williams
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I do hope there are other wonderful planets living and thriving out there, but ours is special because it is ours and ours to take care of. We really can't take that too lightly. Sunita Williams
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I will say one of my favorite Russian side dishes is beet salad. It is dehydrated beets chopped very finely with nuts. It is a great side dish. I would like to try to make this when I get home. The nuts make it! Sunita Williams
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One thing to say about doing maintenance in space - it is difficult because the parts and pieces float away. You end up using a lot of tape and Velcro to make sure things stay put. Sunita Williams
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When any part of the Station is moved from its designated location to do a repair, we really risk losing things. Sunita Williams
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A bonus container is food, especially for each individual - supposed to be one every month, but in fine Pandya fashion, I have been 'saving' them. They are food that we requested or indicated that we particularly liked. Sunita Williams
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I grew up as a swimmer, speaking of sports; I spent a lot of time before school and after school swimming. Sunita Williams
Time Sports School Before Swimming Spent Lot Up Grew After After-School Speaking Swimmer
I don't feel like a hero - just another person involved in the space business. I'm hoping to encourage young folks to become explorers. Sunita Williams
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When you're on a Soyuz flight, you know that when you go to Russia, you're going to do X, Y, and Z. You have that plan already laid out. Sunita Williams
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There's one downside in comparison to both Soyuz and SpaceX, is that when you go to those places - when I went to Russia, or when I went to California - you're sort of focused on what you're doing. Your family's not there. Your lawn isn't needing to be cut. You're just focusing on what you need to do. Sunita Williams
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All of us who are flying on international space stations speak some Russian and speak some English. Both the languages are needed to fly in a Russian spacecraft and communicate with your colleagues. Sunita Williams
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When you are thinking about going away for a long duration mission, it has to be part of your mindset that you're leaving your family, but it's for the right reasons, for good reasons, and hopefully helping humanity. Sunita Williams
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My first mission was six and a half months. We weren't exactly sure how long it was going to be because I went up and back on the space shuttle, which was dependent on weather for launch and landing. Sunita Williams
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In space, you need to stay as 'usual' as possible. On the space station, I would brush my hair every day. Sunita Williams
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