Needham astronaut Suni Williams says she saw Cape Cod and Fenway Park from space - Boston News, Weather, Sports

Needham astronaut Suni Williams says she saw Cape Cod and Fenway Park from space - Boston News, Weather, Sports

Needham astronaut Suni Williams gave 7News an inside account of what life was like on the International Space Station. Thursday was Williams’ first time back in Massachusetts since her unintentionally extended stay in space. She admitted that she misses aspects of life on the ISS. “Like floating and good hair,” she laughed. Williams returned to Earth in March after unexpected technical problems turned an eight-day mission into a nearly nine-mont…

Astronaut Sunita Williams gives advice to Mass. college grads: ‘a great world out there'

Astronaut Sunita Williams imparted her other-worldly experience to graduates at Merrimack College on Thursday. “I flew to the ISS just about a year ago on the first test flight … didn’t come home as planned… instead of eight days, we came home nine months later,” she told the new graduates. With a message to embrace change and stop and savor the moment you’re in, the Massachusetts native gave the commencement address. “They have a lot in front o…