Becoming an astronaut was happenstance for me: Sunita Williams

Williams, 46, who wanted to be a veterinary doctor when she was young, said "I mean, I grew up in a family with a, a dad who immigrated from a, India, and my mother who was an X-ray technician in a hospital, they met each other when he was going through residency.

"And there was nothing in my past that had lended itself to anything that had to do with space except for watching 'The Jetsons' and 'Star Trek' and stuff when I was little."

"So I never thought it was possible. I mean, it just wasn't a topic in our, in our household, it was more about, you know, medicine