On May 7, the much awaited Boeing Starliner is scheduled to launch from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, following years of delays and technically sound concerns.
According to Business Insider, Sunita Williams, an astronaut who is flying in space for the third journey around the Earth, will be leading the spacecraft on its maiden mission.
Leading the team to the International Space Station (ISS), the 59-year-old expressed her excitement for the trip.
“When I get to the ISS, it will be like going back home,” stated Sunita Williams.
Butch Wilmore, a 61-year-old experienced astronaut who has participated in two previous space missions, will travel with her. They will be on the crucial 26-hour flight of an Atlas V rocket from United Launch Alliance.
Williams and Wilmore will carry out a number of tests to ensure that the Boeing Starliner meets NASA requirements for upcoming missions.
When the ISS docks, the astronauts will labor there for eight days. They would arrive in the western United States on May 15, when they returned to Earth.
Williams will be recorded as the first female astronaut to fly a newly constructed spacecraft on a crewed mission.
One of her previous records was the longest total time a female astronaut spent on a spacewalk.
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