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Indian-origin NASA astronaut Sunita Williams danced her way to the International Space Station (ISS) in the early hours on Friday, as the Boeing Starliner spacecraft successfully docked to the orbital laboratory...
The 58-year-old #Astronaut has become the first woman to pilot and test a new crewed spacecraft on its maiden mission...
Later, the seven Expedition 71 crew members gathered with the two crew flight test members for a team portrait aboard the space station...
As part of the agency's Commercial Crew Programme, the mission is the first crewed flight for the Starliner spacecraft...
The crew flight test aims to certify the spacecraft for routine space travel to and from the space station...
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