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Space race on with endeavour to return to Moon sustainably: Sunita Williams

Share FacebookTwitterWhatsAppPinterestLinkedinCopy URLTelegramEmailTumblrReddItPrintKoo NEW DELHI,  Jan 20 : Astronaut Sunita Williams on Tuesday said there is a “space race” going on at present but the endeavour is to ensure humanity returns to the Moon sustainably and that it is done in a “productive and democratic way”. Before settling into a nearly hour-long interactive session held at the American Center here, Williams, in her brief opening remarks, also said that coming back to India felt akin to a homecoming, as it is the country where her father was born. Wearing a trademark deep blue space overalls and sporting a pair of space-themed canvas shoes, Williams, 60, strode into an auditorium full of Indian youths to a loud cheer, and later actively engaged with the audience with an unassuming ease, punctuating the conversation with delectable humour.

Space race on with endeavour to return to Moon sustainably: Sunita Williams

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Key Highlights

  • A former US Navy captain, she was born to a Gujarati father, Deepak Pandya, hailing from Jhulasan in Mehsana district and a Slovenian mother, Ursuline Bonnie Pandya, on September 19, 1965, in Euclid, Ohio, in the US.
  • During the conversation, she also shared her experiences from the time when she had got stuck in space when an eight-day mission to the International Space Station had turned out to be a challenge of a lifetime as problems cropped up on their Boeing space flight that stretched her stay in orbit to over nine months.
  • A montage of visuals from that period was played on screen, and it showed the ISS’s multi-cultural crew, celebrating Thanksgiving, Christmas and the birthday of a crew member.
  • “We are not the best singers, but we can make space cakes,” Williams said, as the audience broke into laughter.
  • She further said, “You would see almost 12 people on the ISS at one point in time”.
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