Suni Williams, Starliner astronaut, retires after 27 years at Nasa
She set the record for most spacewalk time by a woman and spent nine months at the International Space StationSuni Williams, one of two Nasa astronauts whose 10-day test flight mission turned into a nine-month odyssey on the International Space Station (ISS), has retired from the US space...
<p>She set the record for most spacewalk time by a woman and spent nine months at the International Space Station</p><p>Suni Williams, one of two <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/nasa">Nasa</a> astronauts whose 10-day test flight mission turned into a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/31/nasa-astronauts-iss-trump-musk">nine-month odyssey</a> on the International Space Station (ISS), has retired from the US space agency.</p><p>The 60-year-old former navy captain left in December after 27 years with Nasa, according to a <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-astronaut-suni-williams-retires/">press release</a> from the agency on Tuesday. Jared Isaacman, the agency’s new administrator, praised her as “a trailblazer in human spaceflight”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jan/21/suni-williams-astronaut-retires-nasa">Continue reading...</a>
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