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title: "2 Family and friends Quotes By Sunita Williams"
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> [Six months away from family and friends is a long time. Emotionally, you go through some ups and downs. Life changes on the ground, and you have to ready for that. Life changes for you up here as well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sunita-williams/six-months-away-from-family-and-friends-is-a-long-time-emotionally/)

[Sunita Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sunita-williams/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8b/sunita-williams-7910_away_six-months-away-from-family-and-friends_456049.png)

> [Mission Control in Houston receives our e-mails through a satellite and then sends them out to our family and friends. Likewise, any e-mails written to us go through the Mission Control, and then they send them up to us via…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sunita-williams/mission-control-in-houston-receives-our-e-mails-through-a-satellite/)

[Sunita Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sunita-williams/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c9/sunita-williams-7910_control_mission-control-in-houston-receives-our_1690406.jpg)

## More by Sunita Williams

> [It is a common fact that we see light flashes in a dark environment while living up here, and this experiment is essentially trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sunita-williams/it-is-a-common-fact-that-we-see-light-flashes-in-a-dark-environment/)

[Sunita Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sunita-williams/)

> [My first mission was six and a half months. We weren't exactly sure how long it was going to be because I went up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sunita-williams/my-first-mission-was-six-and-a-half-months-we-weren-t-exactly-sure/)

[Sunita Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sunita-williams/)

> [My space expedition has changed my perspective towards people. Looking down at the Earth, we could not see borders or people with different nationalities.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sunita-williams/my-space-expedition-has-changed-my-perspective-towards-people-looking/)

[Sunita Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sunita-williams/)

> [Becoming an astronaut was a little bit of happenstance for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sunita-williams/becoming-an-astronaut-was-a-little-bit-of-happenstance-for-me/)

[Sunita Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sunita-williams/)

> [It's - I mean, the Olympics, what is it? It's an international competition to foster friendship and - and competition across - across the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sunita-williams/it-s-i-mean-the-olympics-what-is-it-it-s-an-international-competition/)

[Sunita Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sunita-williams/)

> [Every month, we weigh ourselves to make sure we aren't losing weight. I really have been eating more than I do on Earth to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sunita-williams/every-month-we-weigh-ourselves-to-make-sure-we-aren-t-losing-weight-i/)

[Sunita Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sunita-williams/)

> [It's just this beautiful laboratory in space, and it's doing a lot of really cool things. So being up there and just being able…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sunita-williams/it-s-just-this-beautiful-laboratory-in-space-and-it-s-doing-a-lot-of/)

[Sunita Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sunita-williams/)

> [When any part of the Station is moved from its designated location to do a repair, we really risk losing things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sunita-williams/when-any-part-of-the-station-is-moved-from-its-designated-location-to/)

[Sunita Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sunita-williams/)

> [When I went to Test Pilot School, that's when we came to Johnson Space Center. And I ended up seeing John Young and listening…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sunita-williams/when-i-went-to-test-pilot-school-that-s-when-we-came-to-johnson-space/)

[Sunita Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sunita-williams/)

> [We really have the most beautiful planet in our solar system. None other can sustain life like we know it. None other has blue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sunita-williams/we-really-have-the-most-beautiful-planet-in-our-solar-system-none/)

[Sunita Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sunita-williams/)

> [In my space journey, I felt vulnerable because we did not have anyone with medical background. When we make that big trip to Mars,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sunita-williams/in-my-space-journey-i-felt-vulnerable-because-we-did-not-have-anyone/)

[Sunita Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sunita-williams/)

> [I think after orbiting for a while and looking at the surface, I think the natural tendency is to want to experience it, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sunita-williams/i-think-after-orbiting-for-a-while-and-looking-at-the-surface-i-think/)

[Sunita Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sunita-williams/)

> [Six months away from family and friends is a long time. Emotionally, you go through some ups and downs. Life changes on the ground,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sunita-williams/six-months-away-from-family-and-friends-is-a-long-time-emotionally/)

[Sunita Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sunita-williams/)

> [There are millions of stars out there. It is difficult to think that life does not exist in any one of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sunita-williams/there-are-millions-of-stars-out-there-it-is-difficult-to-think-that/)

[Sunita Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sunita-williams/)

> [Me personally - not something to do with NASA - I do think there is a God, and it's somebody looking out for us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sunita-williams/me-personally-not-something-to-do-with-nasa-i-do-think-there-is-a-god/)

[Sunita Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sunita-williams/)

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