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What is the conclusion of the space mission undertaken by Sunita Williams


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The conclusion of the Space Expedition undertaken by Sunita Williams:

Expedition 14/15, December 9, 2006 to June 22, 2007, Sunita Williams launched with the crew of STS-116. She was the member of the Expedition 14 crew and served as Flight Engineer. While onboard, she has a world record with four spacewalks totalling 29 hours and 17 minutes for all the females. She concluded her tour of duty by returning to earth along with the STS-117 crew and was the member of the Expedition 15. They landed at the Edwards Air Force Base, California on June 22, 2007.

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Expedition 32/33, July 14 to November 18, 2012. On July 14, 2012, Sunita Williams launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. During their expedition, three spacewalks were performed in order to replace a component that relays power from the space station solar arrays to its systems. The total spacewalk recorded by Williams was 50 hours 40 minutes, which was a new world record.

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Currently, she is getting trained for the first post-certification mission of Boeing’s Starline spacecraft and her third-longest duration mission aboard the International Space Station.


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