New Delhi, Jan. 21 -- NASA's Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams, who was recently stranded on and subsequently rescued from the International Space Station (ISS), has retired, the space agency announced late on Tuesday.

Williams' retirement comes after 27 years of service to the space agency, and became effective on 27 December 2025, NASA said. She completed three missions aboard the ISS, and set numerous human spaceflight records throughout her career.

"Suni Williams has been a trailblazer in human spaceflight, shaping the future of exploration through her leadership aboard the space station and paving the way for commercial missions to low Earth orbit," NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said, the space agency said in a release. ...