Indian-origin Sunita Williams creates history by making her 3rd mission into the space along with Butch Wilmore. Williams has made history as she becomes the first woman to embark on such a journey.
Delay in Schedule for set-off:
The schedule was previously set for Saturday 1st June but it was called-off minutes before the mission. Both- Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore were seated in the new Boeing Star-liner spacecraft. It was to lift off from USA but it was postponed few minutes ago. The mission was planned to set-off years ago but got delayed. On June 5th, the final set-off was done. This was the second attempt for launch. On May 6th it was supposed to set-off but it was delayed for late checks and repair of robots.
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Williams said “we all are ready. Our friends and family have talked about it and we are happy about it. I am happy as I could be the part of it.” Sunita Williams has set records for 7 spacewalks and a time of 50 hours and 40 minutes spacewalk time.
About Sunita Williams:
Williams, 58, is the pilot for the mission whereas Wilmore, 61, is the commander for the mission. In 2012, Sunita Williams became the first person to finish triathlon in space. This was after she ran Boston Marathon from space in 2007. Sunita Williams has been selected as an astronaut in 1988 by NASA. She has served as Flight engineer and Flight Commander in the age of 32 and 33 respectively. She has spent 322 days across her missions. Sunita Williams is a veteran of two of the shuttle missions.
Williams and Wilmore will conduct a series of flight test objectives which will include manually flying the Star-liner. It is an historic achievement for Sunita and Butch. If this mission and testing goes successful, Star-liner would be made the second private spacecraft. The first one is the SpaceX’s Crew Dragon which transports astronauts from orbiting laboratory.
