Ready to conquer space
It is wonderful news and we are all so excited bout it," Bonnie Pandya, Williams' mother, told Rediff India Abroad over the phone from her home in Massachusetts, USA.
"It (flying to space) is something she wanted to do for a long time, and I am delighted that her dream is coming true finally," the astronaut's emotional mother said. "She was excited when she told me over the phone that she has been selected for the mission."
Williams, who is training at a NASA facility in Houston, was not immediately available for comment.
Photograph courtesy NASA
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