Becoming an astronaut was a little bit of happenstance for me. — Sunita Williams Astronaut Copy Share Image
Usually, if you stop for tea, someone will feel the desire to join you. — Sunita Williams Coffee Copy Share Image
Don't get bogged down by the notion of limits. There aren't any. — Sunita Williams Astronaut Copy Share Image
There is nothing like home anywhere. There's no place like home, even in space. — Sunita Williams Home Copy Share Image
Space is absolutely a 3-D world in comparison to our 2-D world on Earth. — Sunita Williams Astronomy Copy Share Image
The International Space Station is a great place to live for a year. — Sunita Williams Copy Share Image
I don't feel like a hero - just another person involved in the space business. I'm hoping to encourage young folks to… — Sunita Williams Business Copy Share Image
I grew up as a swimmer, speaking of sports; I spent a lot of time before school and after school swimming. — Sunita Williams School Copy Share Image
You have a lot of things to do when you're out on a space walk, and that sort of overwhelms your mind. — Sunita Williams Mind Copy Share Image
I flew helicopters, which actually is the second best view of the earth. The first best view is, I think, a little… — Sunita Williams Copy Share Image
You don't see any borders between countries from space. That's man-made, and one experiences it only when you return to Earth. — Sunita Williams Borders Copy Share Image
We take things to remind us of home. I think my favourite is a stuffed dog that was homemade from a picture… — Sunita Williams Animal Copy Share Image
My siblings and I grew up on Indian food. My mother, though of Slovenian descent, learned to cook Indian delicacies for my… — Sunita Williams Father Copy Share Image
When you're faced with something for the first time, and if you're scared to death of that, you might want to reconcile… — Sunita Williams Death Copy Share Image
When you are thinking about going away for a long duration mission, it has to be part of your mindset that you're… — Sunita Williams Family Copy Share Image
All of us who are flying on international space stations speak some Russian and speak some English. Both the languages are needed… — Sunita Williams Colleagues Copy Share Image
When I go skiing in New England, I usually wake up early and drive up to Vermont, New Hampshire, or Maine to… — Sunita Williams Copy Share Image
One thing to say about doing maintenance in space - it is difficult because the parts and pieces float away. You end… — Sunita Williams Copy Share Image
I will say one of my favorite Russian side dishes is beet salad. It is dehydrated beets chopped very finely with nuts.… — Sunita Williams Food Copy Share Image
There is still some gravity where we are and even as far out as our moon. That is why our moon stays… — Sunita Williams Earth Copy Share Image
A bonus container is food, especially for each individual - supposed to be one every month, but in fine Pandya fashion, I… — Sunita Williams Copy Share Image
It's just this beautiful laboratory in space, and it's doing a lot of really cool things. So being up there and just… — Sunita Williams Beautiful Copy Share Image
You can hover in the air if you want, or you can push off of something and glide through the air -… — Sunita Williams Fish Copy Share Image
When I was up on my first flight, we were really putting it together. So, I was essentially a construction worker. — Sunita Williams Construction Copy Share Image
What is true and what most folks think is that there is no sound in space. From almost all recollections, I would… — Sunita Williams Copy Share Image
The first 6 hours of being in orbit were a little difficult on my stomach. I think things just didn't know where… — Sunita Williams Being Copy Share Image
I think windows are really important for the psychological health of crew members on long duration missions. It is nice to look… — Sunita Williams Copy Share Image
In space, you need to stay as 'usual' as possible. On the space station, I would brush my hair every day. — Sunita Williams Day Copy Share Image
There are millions of stars out there. It is difficult to think that life does not exist in any one of them. — Sunita Williams Astronomy Copy Share Image
When you're on a Soyuz flight, you know that when you go to Russia, you're going to do X, Y, and Z.… — Sunita Williams Copy Share Image
I personally look forward to building the Orion. I believe that our country needs to pursue that technology. — Sunita Williams Copy Share Image
Every month, we weigh ourselves to make sure we aren't losing weight. I really have been eating more than I do on… — Sunita Williams Earth Copy Share Image
I think every test pilot's dream is to be on the start of something that's brand new. — Sunita Williams Copy Share Image
When you look at the darkest areas in space, you feel that there's something out there that we don't know about. — Sunita Williams Copy Share Image
In my space journey, I felt vulnerable because we did not have anyone with medical background. When we make that big trip… — Sunita Williams Doctor Copy Share Image
Once you get into the spacecraft, you're on your way, you've got a mission, you're focused, and it's really exciting. — Sunita Williams Focus Copy Share Image
Funny how words in one language get used in another language. For example, 'scotch' in Russian is tape and 'pampers' means diapers. — Sunita Williams Copy Share Image
The main goal of the International Space Station is to work on peaceful projects. In space, we're all people from Earth. — Sunita Williams Earth Copy Share Image
