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Sunita looks at the earth from an Indian American eye as Discovery leaves her among the stars
She looks at the earth. She looks at America and India. She gets a chance to reconcile her Indian American thoughts as she prepares for a long stay at the space station.
Space Shuttle Discovery has returned to earth from a 13-day mission after dropping off Indian American astronaut Sunita Williams at her new home amid the stars.
Space walkers, including Williams, rewired the station's power system during the second and third space walks, leaving it in a permanent set-up. It was a great achievement says Sunita. It was at moments real scary but every thing worked out well. Her courage, perseverance and sense to move forward came from the inspiration of her heritage and the Indian American typical sense of achieving excellence.
Like every Indian American she is an icon of success. It was that culture of adventure and hunger for success that drove her to heights like thousands of other Indian Americans.
At a post-landing news conference, NASA officials also expressed their satisfaction with a “resoundingly successful mission” to rewire the space station and retract a stubborn solar array.
The shuttle with its six crew and a new passenger on board, German astronaut Thomas Reiter, whom Williams replaced at the International Space Station, touched down at Kennedy Space Center at 4.02 am IST Saturday.
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