Astronaut Sunita Williams

Current Context : Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams flew to space for the third time with a colleague Butch Wilmore.

• She became the first person to board Boeing’s Starliner spaceship and go to the International Space Station for the third time.
• Williams and Butch Wilmore took off on Boeing’s Crew Flight Test mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
• Williams is the pilot for the flight test while Wilmore is the commander of the mission.