Astronaut Sunita Williams' ancestral village celebrates her return to Earth

By Diaa Hadid

Published March 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM EDT

Residents of Sunita William's ancestral village and her Indian relatives celebrate her safe landing. She and another astronaut returned to Earth this week after more than nine months in space.

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Diaa Hadid chiefly covers Pakistan and Afghanistan for NPR 瓜神app. She is based in NPR's bureau in Islamabad. There, Hadid and her team were awarded a Murrow in 2019 for hard news for their story on why abortion rates in Pakistan are among the highest in the world.

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