Learn about Suni Williams 's career as a NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain, who flew three space missions and completed 62 hours of spacewalk time. Find out her personal and professional background, education, experience and achievements. On June 5, 2024, astronaut Sunita Williams left Earth on an eight-day mission to the International Space Station. She splashed down on Earth at 5:57 p.m. on March 18, 2025. Indian-American space traveller Sunita Williams , a NASA veteran, spent over nine months on the International Space Station (ISS) and after 9 months of stay the stranded astronauts landed safely on 18 March 2025. Williams and astronaut Butch Wilmore have been aboard the ISS since June 2024. NASA Astronaut Sunita L. Williams Sunita “Suni” L. Williams was selected as a NASA astronaut in 1998. NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore launched aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft on June 5, 2024 for its first crewed flight, arriving at the space station on June 6. Following the agency’s decision to return Starliner uncrewed, the duo became Expedition 71/72 crewmembers and returned home in March 2025 aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft along with NASA astronaut Nick ...
