JSC2005-E-02663 (22 Sept. 2004) --- Astronaut Sunita L. Williams

Astronaut Sunita Williams gives a talk at NASA's Plum Brook Station. In June, NASA Glenn hosted an Open House at Plum Brook Station in Sandusky to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Center. Thousands of people attended, and some lucky kids got to see awesome experiments and meet astronaut Suni Williams.

From left, Starliner Flight Crew Integration Manager Tony Ceccacci, and NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams participate in a mission rehearsal at Boeing’s Avionics and Software Integration Lab in Houston.

PHOTO DATE: 07-01-10 LOCATION: Bld g 17, Food Lab SUBJECT: Expedition 32 crew members Sunita Williams and Akihiko Hoshide (JAXA) with Expedition 31 crew member Joe Acaba during their missions food tasting PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair

PHOTO DATE: 07-01-10 LOCATION: Bld g 17, Food Lab SUBJECT: Expedition 32 crew members Sunita Williams and Akihiko Hoshide (JAXA) with Expedition 31 crew member Joe Acaba during their missions food tasting PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair

PHOTO DATE: 07-01-10 LOCATION: Bld g 17, Food Lab SUBJECT: Expedition 32 crew members Sunita Williams and Akihiko Hoshide (JAXA) with Expedition 31 crew member Joe Acaba during their missions food tasting PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair

PHOTO DATE: 07-01-10 LOCATION: Bld g 17, Food Lab SUBJECT: Expedition 32 crew members Sunita Williams and Akihiko Hoshide (JAXA) with Expedition 31 crew member Joe Acaba during their missions food tasting PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair

PHOTO DATE: 07-01-10 LOCATION: Bld g 17, Food Lab SUBJECT: Expedition 32 crew members Sunita Williams and Akihiko Hoshide (JAXA) with Expedition 31 crew member Joe Acaba during their missions food tasting PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair

Expedition 32 crew member Sunita Williams during her EMU Training and Certification. Photo Date: September 8, 2011. Location: Building 7 - SSATA Chamber. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Expedition 32 crew member Sunita Williams during her EMU Training and Certification. Photo Date: September 8, 2011. Location: Building 7 - SSATA Chamber. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Expedition 32 crew member Sunita Williams during her EMU Training and Certification. Photo Date: September 8, 2011. Location: Building 7 - SSATA Chamber. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Expedition 32 crew member Sunita Williams during her EMU Training and Certification. Photo Date: September 8, 2011. Location: Building 7 - SSATA Chamber. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Expedition 32 crew member Sunita Williams during her EMU Training and Certification. Photo Date: September 8, 2011. Location: Building 7 - SSATA Chamber. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Expedition 32 crew member Sunita Williams during her EMU Training and Certification. Photo Date: September 8, 2011. Location: Building 7 - SSATA Chamber. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Expedition 32 crew member Sunita Williams during her EMU Training and Certification. Photo Date: September 8, 2011. Location: Building 7 - SSATA Chamber. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Expedition 32 crew member Sunita Williams during her EMU Training and Certification. Photo Date: September 8, 2011. Location: Building 7 - SSATA Chamber. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Expedition 32 crew member Sunita Williams during her EMU Training and Certification. Photo Date: September 8, 2011. Location: Building 7 - SSATA Chamber. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Expedition 32 crew member Sunita Williams during her EMU Training and Certification. Photo Date: September 8, 2011. Location: Building 7 - SSATA Chamber. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Expedition 32 crew member Sunita Williams during her EMU Training and Certification. Photo Date: September 8, 2011. Location: Building 7 - SSATA Chamber. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Expedition 33 Commander Sunita Williams of NASA smiles and gives a thumbs up in a chair outside the Soyuz Capsule after she and Flight Engineers Yuri Malenchenko of ROSCOSMOS (Russian Federal Space Agency), and Akihiko Hoshide of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), landed their Soyuz spacecraft in a remote area outside the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. Williams, Hoshide and Malenchenko returned from four months onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 33 Commander Sunita Williams of NASA is carried to a medical tent shortly after she and Flight Engineers Yuri Malenchenko of ROSCOSMOS (Russian Federal Space Agency), and Akihiko Hoshide of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), landed their Soyuz spacecraft in a remote area outside the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. Williams, Hoshide and Malenchenko returned from four months onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 33 Commander Sunita Williams of NASA smiles as she rest in a chair outside the Soyuz Capsule after she and Flight Engineers Yuri Malenchenko of ROSCOSMOS (Russian Federal Space Agency), and Akihiko Hoshide of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), landed their Soyuz spacecraft in a remote area outside the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. Williams, Hoshide and Malenchenko returned from four months onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Astronaut Michael Good, Astronaut Sunita Williams prepare for the Run To The Moon Race during the Summer Moon Festival, Wapakoneta, Ohio, Apollo 11 Moon Landing 50th Anniversary

Astronaut Sunita Williams crosses the finish line of the Run To The Moon Race during the Summer Moon Festival, Wapakoneta, Ohio, Apollo 11 Moon Landing 50th Anniversary

International Space Station Expedition 33 Commander Sunita Williams (on screen) answers questions from students during a downlink event held in honor of International Education Week at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 in Washington. Seen next to Williams is Exp. 33 Flight Engineer Kevin Ford. More than 9,500 student participants from the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) around the country took part in the live video event. This was a joint venture between the Department of Education and the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE). Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

International Space Station Expedition 33 Commander Sunita Williams (on screen) answers questions from students during a downlink event held in honor of International Education Week at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 in Washington. Seen next to Williams is Exp. 33 Flight Engineer Kevin Ford. More than 9,500 student participants from the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) around the country took part in the live video event. This was a joint venture between the Department of Education and the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE). Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Astronaut Sunita WIlliams, left, talks with Expedition 20 Flight Engineer Michael Barratt onboard a helicopter shortly after shortly after he and Expedition 20 Commander Gennady Padalka, and spaceflight participant Guy Laliberté landed their Soyuz TMA-14 capsule near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009. Padalka and Barratt are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station, along with Laliberté who arrived at the station on Oct. 2 with Expedition 21 Flight Engineers Jeff Williams and Maxim Suraev aboard the Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 33 crew members; Commander Sunita Williams of NASA, left, Flight Engineers Yuri Malenchenko of ROSCOSMOS (Russian Federal Space Agency), and Akihiko Hoshide of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), right, smile for photos at the Kustanay Airport in Kazakhstan a few hours after they landed their Soyuz spacecraft in a remote area outside the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. Williams, Hoshide and Malenchenko returned from four months onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 33 Commander Sunita Williams of NASA is helped out of a Russian Search and Rescue helicopter after her flight back to Kustanany, Kazakhstan just a few hours after Williams and Flight Engineers Yuri Malenchenko of ROSCOSMOS (Russian Federal Space Agency), and Akihiko Hoshide of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), landed their Soyuz spacecraft in a remote area outside the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. Williams, Hoshide and Malenchenko returned from four months onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 33 Commander Sunita Williams of NASA rests during a helicopter flight back to Kustanany, Kazakhstan while nurse Raxana Batsmanova and Chief of the NASA Astronaut Office Bob Behnken look on just a a few hours after Williams and Flight Engineers Yuri Malenchenko of ROSCOSMOS (Russian Federal Space Agency), and Akihiko Hoshide of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), landed their Soyuz spacecraft in a remote area outside the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. Williams, Hoshide and Malenchenko returned from four months onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 32 crew members NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, third from left, receives the traditional blessing by an Orthodox priest at the Cosmonaut Hotel on Sunday, July 15, 2012 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Williams is seen with Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, center, and JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide. The Soyuz spacecraft with Williams, Malenchenko and Hoshide aboard launched later that morning at 8:40 a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 32 Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, right, shakes hands with Vladimir Popovkin, Director of Roscosmos prior to her launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-05M on Sunday, July 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Williams is seen with Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, center, and JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide. The Soyuz spacecraft with Malenchenko, Williams and Hoshide onboard launched at 8:40 a.m. later that morning Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

International Space Station Expedition 33 flight engineer Kevin Ford (on screen) answers questions from students during a downlink event held in honor of International Education Week at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 in Washington. Seen next to Ford is Exp. 33 Commander Sunita Williams. More than 9,500 student participants from the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) around the country took part in the live video event. This was a joint venture between the Department of Education and the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE). Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

International Space Station Expedition 33 flight engineer Kevin Ford (on screen) answers questions from students during a downlink event held in honor of International Education Week at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 in Washington. Seen next to Ford is Exp. 33 Commander Sunita Williams. More than 9,500 student participants from the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) around the country took part in the live video event. This was a joint venture between the Department of Education and the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE). Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams visit the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 17, 2020. The astronauts are at Kennedy to prepare for their flights to the International Space Station on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner, as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Wilmore and Williams will command the Crew Flight Test and the Starliner-1 mission, respectively.

Expedition 32 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, second from left, and NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams are escorted to the Soyuz rocket by senior ROSCOMOS management at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Sunday, July 15, 2012 in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Malenchenko, Williams and JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide aboard launched at 8:40 a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 32 NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams lies in a chair to have her Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-05M on Sunday, July 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Williams, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide is scheduled for the morning of Sunday, July 15, local time. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)

Quarantined Expedition 32 NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams is presented with a traditional Kazakh whip during a prelaunch press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel on Friday, July 13, 2012 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Williams, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide is scheduled for 8:40 a.m. local time on Sunday, July 15. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 32 NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams lies in a chair to have her Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-05M on Sunday, July 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Williams, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide is scheduled for the morning of Sunday, July 15, local time. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)

Expedition 32 Flight Engineer Sunita Williams is seen on the TV screen at the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia a few hours after the Soyuz TMA-05M docked to the International Space Station on Tuesday, July 17, 2012. Williams boarded the ISS with fellow crew members Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide. The crew of three launched at 8:40 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Sunday, July 15 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 32 crew members JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, left, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, right, wave farewell as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel on Sunday, July 15, 2012 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Malenchenko, Williams and Hoshide onboard launched at 8:40 a.m. later that morning Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

Expedition 32 Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, right, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide, left, leave building 254 following their suit up for launch Sunday, July 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Malenchenko, Williams and Hoshide onboard launched at 8:40 a.m. later that morning Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

Expedition 32 crew members JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide, left, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, third from left, prepare to receive the traditional blessing by an Orthodox priest at the Cosmonaut Hotel on Sunday, July 15, 2012 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Hoshide, Malenchenko and Williams aboard launched that morning at 8:40 a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 32 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, bottom, JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko and NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, top, wave farewell from the base of the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Sunday, July 15, 2012. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Malenchenko, Williams and Hoshide is scheduled for 8:40 a.m. local. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore, left, and Sunita "Suni" Williams visit the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 17, 2020. The astronauts are at Kennedy to prepare for their flights to the International Space Station on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner, as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Wilmore and Williams will command the Crew Flight Test and the Starliner-1 mission, respectively.

Quarantined Expedition 32 Flight Engineer Sunita Williams answers reporters questions from behind glass during a prelaunch press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel on Friday, July 13, 2012 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Williams, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, and JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide is scheduled for 8:40 a.m. local time on Sunday, July 15. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 32 NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams continues the tradition of signing one of the doors at the Cosmonaut Hotel on Sunday, July 15, 2012 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Williams, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide aboard launched at 8:40 a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 32 NASA astronaut Sunita Williams watches a video as the crew bus departs the Cosmonaut Hotel on Sunday, July 15, 2012 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Williams, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide is scheduled for 8:40 a.m. local time on Sunday, July 15. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)

Expedition 32 Flight Engineer Sunita Williams dons her Russian Sokol suit in preparation for her launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-05M on Sunday, July 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Williams, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide is scheduled for 8:40 a.m. local time on Sunday, July 15. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)

Quarantined Expedition 32 Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, right, answers reporters questions from behind glass during a prelaunch press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel on Friday, July 13, 2012 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Seated next to her is Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Williams, Malenchenko, and JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide is scheduled for 8:40 a.m. local time on Sunday, July 15. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 32 crew members JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide, left, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, third from left, receive the traditional blessing by an Orthodox priest at the Cosmonaut Hotel on Sunday, July 15, 2012 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Hoshide, Malenchenko and Williams aboard will launch later that morning at 8:40 a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 33 Commander Sunita Williams of NASA, right, and Flight Engineers Yuri Malenchenko of ROSCOSMOS (Russian Federal Space Agency), and Akihiko Hoshide of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), left, sit in chairs outside the Soyuz Capsule just minutes after they landed in a remote area outside the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. Williams, Hoshide and Malenchenko returned from four months onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 33 Commander Sunita Williams of NASA, right, and Flight Engineers Yuri Malenchenko of ROSCOSMOS (Russian Federal Space Agency), and Akihiko Hoshide of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), left, sit in chairs outside the Soyuz Capsule just minutes after they landed in a remote area outside the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. Williams, Hoshide and Malenchenko returned from four months onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 32 JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide, left, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams wait after having their Sokol suits pressure checked in preparation for their launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-05M on Sunday, July 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Hoshide, Malenchenko and Williams is scheduled for the morning of Sunday, July 15, local time. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)

Expedition 32 Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, right, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide, left, receive a formal go for launch from Vitaly Alexandrovich Lopota, President of Energia, left, and Vladimir Popovkin, Director of Roscosmos prior to their launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-05M on Sunday, July 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Malenchenko, Williams and Hoshide onboard launched at 8:40 a.m. later that morning Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

Quarantined Expedition 32 prime crew members, from left, JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide, Russian Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams wave goodbye from behind glass during a prelaunch press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel on Friday, July 13, 2012 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Malenchenko, Williams and Hoshide is scheduled for 8:40 a.m. local time on Sunday, July 15. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 32 Flight Engineer Sunita Williams dons her Russian Sokol suit in preparation for her launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-05M on Sunday, July 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Williams, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide is scheduled for 8:40 a.m. local time on Sunday, July 15. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)

Expedition 32 NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams waves goodbye after leaving the Cosmonaut Hotel, Sunday, July 15, 2012 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Williams, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide aboard launched at 8:40 a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Queen Elizabeth II, lower right, talks to Expedition 15 crew members from left, NASA astronaut, Sunita Williams, Russian cosmonaut Fyodor N. Yurchikhin and cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov aboard the International Space Station crew along with NASA Administrator Michael Griffin, lower left and NASA astronaut Michael Foale during a downlink at the NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Operational Control Room, Tuesday, May 8, 2007, in Greenbelt, Md. NASA Goddard was one of the last stops on the Queen's six-day visit to the United States. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Quarantined Expedition 32 prime crew members, from left, JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide, Russian Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, along with Expedition 32 backup few members, Tom Marshburn, Roman Romanenko and Chris Hadfield prepare to answer reporters questions from behind glass during a prelaunch press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel on Friday, July 13, 2012 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Malenchenko, Williams and Hoshide is scheduled for 8:40 a.m. local time on Sunday, July 15. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

View from the balcony of the Russian Mission Control Center shows a photo of the Expedition 32 crew members gathered together, Tuesday, July 17, 2012, in Korolev, Russia. Pictured are Expedition 32 crew members JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide, far left, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, NASA Flight Engineer Joe Acaba, Expedition 32 Commander Gennady Padalka of Russia, Flight Engineer Sergei Revin of Russia, far right. Malenchenko, Williams and Hoshide's arrival to the International Space Station comes two days after they launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Quarantined Expedition 32 prime crew members, from left, JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide, Russian Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, along with Expedition 32 backup few members, Tom Marshburn, Roman Romanenko and Chris Hadfield pose for photograhers from behind glass during a prelaunch press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel on Friday, July 13, 2012 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Malenchenko, Williams and Hoshide is scheduled for 8:40 a.m. local time on Sunday, July 15. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, Houston - JSC2005-E-02663 (22 Sept. 2004) - Astronaut Sunita L. Williams.

View from the balcony of the Russian Mission Control Center shows live television of the Expedition 32 crew members gathered together on the International Space Station a few hours after the Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft docked on Tuesday, July 17, 2012, in Korolev, Russia. Pictured are Expedition 32 crew members NASA Flight Engineer Joe Acaba, back left, Expedition 32 Commander Gennady Padalka of Russia, Sergei Revin of Russia, back right, Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide, front left, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, and Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, bottom right. Malenchenko, Williams and Hoshide's arrival to the International Space Station comes two days after they launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

ISS033-E-013382 (19 Oct. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 33 commander, talks on a microphone in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS033-E-016093 (24 Oct. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 33 commander, uses a computer in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS033-E-018364 (30 Oct. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 33 commander, works in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station.

ISS033-E-018404 (1 Nov. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 33 commander, is pictured in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station as she prepares for the start of a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) outside the International Space Station on Nov. 1, 2012. Williams is wearing an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit.

ISS032-E-024621 (30 Aug. 2012) --- NASA astronauts Joe Acaba and Sunita Williams, both Expedition 32 flight engineers, prepare for the start of the mission?s second session of extravehicular activity (EVA) in the International Space Station?s Quest airlock. Williams is attired in her Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit.

ISS033-E-018379 (1 Nov. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 33 commander, is pictured in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station as she prepares for the start of a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) outside the International Space Station on Nov. 1, 2012. Williams is wearing an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit.

ISS032-E-024428 (30 Aug. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, flight engineer, exits the International Space Station's Quest airlock to begin a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) for the Expedition 32 mission. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, flight engineer, joined Williams on the spacewalk.

ISS033-E-018390 (1 Nov. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 33 commander, is pictured in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station as she prepares for the start of a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) outside the International Space Station on Nov. 1, 2012. Williams is wearing an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit.

ISS032-E-024155 (30 Aug. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Sunita Williams (center frame) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide (seen as silhouette to the right of Williams), both Expedition 32 flight engineers, participate in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) to continue outfitting the International Space Station.

ISS032-E-024624 (30 Aug. 2012) --- NASA astronauts Joe Acaba and Sunita Williams, both Expedition 32 flight engineers, prepare for the start of the mission?s second session of extravehicular activity (EVA) in the International Space Station?s Quest airlock. Williams is attired in her Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit.

ISS032-E-024154 (30 Aug. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Sunita Williams (center frame) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide (seen as silhouette to the right of Williams), both Expedition 32 flight engineers, participate in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) to continue outfitting the International Space Station.

ISS032-E-024429 (30 Aug. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, flight engineer, exits the International Space Station's Quest airlock to begin a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) for the Expedition 32 mission. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, flight engineer, joined Williams on the spacewalk.

ISS033-E-018400 (1 Nov. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 33 commander, is pictured in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station as she prepares for the start of a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) outside the International Space Station on Nov. 1, 2012. Williams is wearing an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit.

ISS032-E-018214 (14 Aug. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 32 flight engineer, performs the Health Maintenance System (HMS) Eye Exam - PanOptic in the Harmony node of the International Space Station. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, flight engineer, assisted Williams.

ISS032-E-024285 (26 Aug. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 32 flight engineer, uses the Space Linear Acceleration Mass Measurement Device (SLAMMD) in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station.

Expedition 33 crew members Sunita Williams and Aki Hoshide during NBL EVA training. Photo Date: January 11, 2012. Location: NBL - Pool Topside. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

ISS015-E-11152 (7 June 2007) --- Astronaut Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 15 flight engineer, poses with two Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station.

PHOTO DATE: 03/14/12 LOCATION: B9 ISS MOCKUPS SUBJECT: Expedition 32 (Soyuz 31) crew members Aki Hoshide, Sunita Williams and Yuri Malenchenko during Emergency Scene ASIGND3 training. PHOTOGRAPHER:GEESEMAN

ISS033-E-006757 (23 Sept. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 33 commander; and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, flight engineer, pose for a photo in the Cupola of the International Space Station.

PHOTO DATE: 03/15/12 LOCATION: NBL SUBJECT: Expedition 32 (Soyuz 31) crew members Aki Hoshide and Sunita Williams during EVA TL RUN at the NBL PHOTOGRAPHER:Geeseman

ISS032-E-016881 (10 Aug. 2012) --- NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Joe Acaba, both Expedition 32 flight engineers, work in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS015-E-07578 (13 May 2007) --- Astronaut Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 15 flight engineer, uses a computer in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

S116-E-05329 (10 Dec. 2006) --- Astronaut Sunita L. Williams, STS-116 mission specialist, uses a computer on the middeck of Space Shuttle Discovery during flight day two activities.

ISS015-E-11154 (7 June 2007) --- Astronaut Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 15 flight engineer, looks over procedures checklists in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station.

PHOTO DATE: 03/15/12 LOCATION: NBL SUBJECT: Expedition 32 (Soyuz 31) crew members Aki Hoshide and Sunita Williams during EVA TL RUN at the NBL PHOTOGRAPHER:Geeseman

PHOTO DATE: 03/14/12 LOCATION: B9 ISS MOCKUPS SUBJECT: Expedition 32 (Soyuz 31) crew members Aki Hoshide, Sunita Williams and Yuri Malenchenko during Emergency Scene ASIGND3 training. PHOTOGRAPHER:GEESEMAN

Expedition 33 crew members Sunita Williams and Aki Hoshide during NBL EVA training. Photo Date: January 11, 2012. Location: NBL - Pool Topside. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

ISS032-E-026853 (15 Sept. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 33 commander; and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, flight engineer, work in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

ISS015-E-10615 (3 June 2007) --- Astronaut Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 15 flight engineer, poses for a photo with two Russian Orlan spacesuits in the Pirs Docking Compartment of the International Space Station.

ISS032-E-022630 (23 Aug. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 32 flight engineer, works at the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

Expedition 33 crew members Sunita Williams and Aki Hoshide during NBL EVA training. Photo Date: January 11, 2012. Location: NBL - Pool Topside. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

ISS032-E-024600 (29 Aug. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 32 flight engineer, poses for a photo with her Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station.

Expedition 33 crew members Sunita Williams and Aki Hoshide during NBL EVA training. Photo Date: January 11, 2012. Location: NBL - Pool Topside. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

PHOTO DATE: 03/15/12 LOCATION: NBL SUBJECT: Expedition 32 (Soyuz 31) crew members Aki Hoshide and Sunita Williams during EVA TL RUN at the NBL PHOTOGRAPHER:Geeseman

ISS032-E-016864 (7 Aug. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 32 flight engineer, works with an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS032-E-022637 (23 Aug. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 32 flight engineer, works at the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.