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If successful, the 58-year-old Williams will become the first woman to fly on the maiden crewed mission of a new orbital spacecraft...
Veteran astronaut Sunita Williams is preparing for a historic third journey into space aboard Boeing's Starliner spacecraft...
The spacecraft will lift off on its maiden flight at 8:22 pm IST from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida..
Williams, who has logged 322 days in space across two previous missions, will be joined by Nasa astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore for the crucial test flight to the International Space Station (ISS)...
She previously set a world record for most spacewalks by a woman (seven) and most spacewalk time (50 hours, 40 minutes) during her two expeditions aboard the ISS in 2006-2007 and 2012.. . Nasa and Boeing teams have been working to assess the spacecraft's performance..
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