Sunita Williams Podcast - Inside Space, Isolation, Astronauts, Father & Media | FO461 Raj Shamani
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Bodily realities: bathrooms, smells, and flatulence
Sunita discusses zero‑g bathroom challenges, smells aboard ISS, ventilation, and common digestive effects in orbit.
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(00:00) - Intro
(05:09) - Childhood
(08:01) - Tell me about your biggest insecurity
(10:41) - Uncertainty made her an astronaut
(14:05) - Training and the most difficult part of it
(25:14) - Have you ever cried in space?
(26:45) - The worst part about using the washroom in space
(28:33) - What does space sound like?
(28:37) - What does space smell like?
(35:10) - An unsettling time in space
(42:55) - A night when she lost hope
(47:18) - The longest day in space
(49:31) - 286 days: never feeling lonely
(52:55) - The kind of dreams people have in space
(55:12) - The initial days after coming back to Earth
(1:00:24) - Relationship with her father
(1:13:00) - What does India look like from space?
(1:15:50) - The strangest thing seen in space
(1:18:16) - Is there life out there?
(1:20:05) - One of the most beautiful things she saw in space
(1:21:48) - Did Kalpana Chawla’s death change anything in her?
(1:24:34) - “Bring it on” attitude
(1:26:44) - Last question
(1:28:53) - BTS
(1:29:54) - Outro
In today’s episode, we have Sunita Williams, NASA Astronaut (Ret.) and U.S. Navy Captain (Ret.), describing how India looks from space, the explosion of colors during the day, the Himalayas standing out like nothing else, and how rivers, land, and geography reveal patterns you never see from the ground. At night, India becomes something entirely different, a connected web of lights that feels alive.
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