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Sunita set for six months in space

December 11, 2006
Space Shuttle Discovery took off on Sunday from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Indian American astronaut Sunita Williams soared into space on board shuttle toward the International Space Station that will be her new home for six months.

Sunita Williams is one of only six women NASA has put in space since 1965.

Photograph courtesy: NASA
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