In PICS: What Sunita Williams Has Been Doing In Space As Earth Awaits NASA Decision On Her Return

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, Boeing's Crew Flight Test Commander and Pilot, respectively, inspect safety hardware aboard the International Space Station | Photo: NASA

Suni Williams installs the Packed Bed Reactor Experiment, experimental life support hardware, inside the Microgravity Science Glovebox located aboard the ISS's Destiny laboratory module | Photo: NASA

Sunita Williams uses a HAM radio and talks to students from Banda Aceh, Indonesia, answering their questions about life in space and other space-related subjects aboard the ISS | Photo: NASA

Suni Williams is pictured after conducting an exercise session on the COLBERT treadmill located inside the Tranquility module of ISS | Photo: NASA

Sunita Williams inside the International Space Station's Unity module, displaying portable carbon dioxide monitors recently delivered aboard Northrop Grumman's Cygnus space freighter | Photo: NASA

Sunita Williams investigates using fluid physics techniques such as surface tension, as well as hydroponics and air circulation, to overcome the lack of gravity when watering and nourishing plants grown in space | Photo: NASA

NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore works on the Fluid Systems Servicer which drains, purges, and circulates fluids on systems aboard the ISS | Photo: NASA

Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore prepare orbital plumbing hardware for installation inside the ISS’s bathroom, also known as the waste and hygiene compartment, located in the Tranquility module | Photo: NASA

Sunita Williams observes a pair of Astrobee robotic free-flying assistants demonstrating autonomous docking manoeuvers inside the Kibo laboratory module at the ISS. Williams was inside Kibo's logistics module, which serves as a storage area that houses materials for experiments, maintenance tools, and crew supplies | Photo: NASA