Watch | ‘Amazing’: NASA astronaut Sunita Williams on how India looks from space

Williams, whose father was from India, also said that she will be visiting India “for sure” and further talked about incredible views of the majestic Himalayas.

“Every time we went over the Himalayas, we got incredible pictures. It happened like a ripple and flowed down into India,” Williams said.

Sunita Williams further explained about the rich colours visible from the orbit, especially as the landscape transitions into Gujarat and Mumbai. “It gives a beacon of ‘here it comes.’ There were networks of lights going from bigger cities and into smaller ones,” she added.

Sunita Williams smiles and waves after the Crew-9 mission splashdown (Photo – NASA)

When asked about visiting India, Sunita Williams said she hopes to reconnect with her father’s homeland and expressed excitement about India’s growth in the space sector.

While referring to India’s collaboration with private space entities, Williams said “I hope to come back to my father’s home country and I am getting excited about an Indian astronaut going to space with Axiom Mission.”

Williams called India a “great country” and a “wonderful democracy”, adding that “I think I am going back to my father’s home country for sure,” during the press briefing along with NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore.

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