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She became the first woman to pilot a spacecraft on its maiden test flight to space adding more hours to her already spent 322 days in space...
Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams had an ecstatic entry into the International Space Station after completing over a 24-hour journey in the Starliner spacecraft she piloted to space...
The Boeing Starliner spacecraft successfully docked to the International Space Station on Thursday after being launched on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida a day before...
During her seven-day-long mission in space, the two astronauts will be responsible for testing the Starliner spacecraft developed by Boeing for its functionality, robustness and strength in launching and landing astronauts to and from space...
Williams will test the Starliner's manual piloting capabilities, including pointing the spacecraft, adjusting its orbit, and ensuring it can manually charge its batteries and establish its attitude in space...
