Sunita Williams, the Indian-American astronaut, set off for her second space mission on 15 July 2012

Sunita Williams is the second woman astronaut of Indian descent chosen by NASA for a space mission.

With this expedition, Sunita Williams has become the first woman in history to head a space mission.
Her second space mission was from July 14 to November 18, 2012, and both times she went to the International Space Station, NASA said. She is the second woman of Indian heritage to have been selected by NASA for a space mission after Kalpna Chawla and the second astronaut of Slovenian heritage after Ronald M. Sega.

The only difference is that Kalpana was born and brought up in India and had Indian parents while Sunita was born in America. Wishes and prayers began to pour in for Sunita as she got ready for her second space … Sunita Williams is an American lady of Indian origin. A 46-year-old Williams took off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at … NASA astronaut Sunita "Suni" Williams is about to embark on a whole new adventure in space: commanding the first operational flight of Boeing’s new space … New Delhi: Indian-American NASA astronaut Sunita Williams took off on her second space visit at around 8.10 am on Sunday morning. Her father is an Indian from Gujarat while her mother is from Slovakia. Williams was born in 1965 and first went to space on December 9, 2006, according to her official biography, which can be seen on NASA’s website here.
Ahmedabad, July 14 (ANI): In the backdrop of the Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams' second space mission, space scientists held special classes for aspiring astronauts here on Saturday. The first one was Kalpana Chawla. Sunita Williams Takes Off on 2nd Space Mission Sun, Jul 15 2012 09:36:59 AM; Washington, Jul 15 (PTI): Indian-American Sunita Williams, a record-setting astronaut who lived and worked aboard the International Space Station for six months in 2006, has taken off from Kazakhstan on her 2nd space odyssey today.

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