Author: Ketki Angre

Sunita ‘Suni’ Williams and Barry ‘Butch’ Wilmore walked out to loud cheers before boarding Boeing’s Starliner. They are part of the first crewed mission that was launched successfully from Florida to the International Space Station and is expected to dock at ISS on June 6. Sunita Williams, the Indian-origin astronaut on this mission, is on her third space flight. She had earlier spent 322 days in space and is making history as the first woman to fly on a maiden crewed mission of a new space shuttle. https://youtu.be/cIDmdMnbheE NASA Administrator Bill Nelson explained the mission. “They’re test pilots. And they’re…