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"Take us to Space and back": Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams scrip
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Sunita Williams, 58, has scripted history by becoming the first female astronaut to fly on the first flight of a crewed spacecraft. The flight also marks Sunita's third foray into space.
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Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams piloted NASA's Boeing Starliner li
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Sunita is the first female astronaut to fly on the first flight of a crewed spacecraft. The launch that marks Sunita's third foray into space is the sixth inaugural journey of a crewed spacecraft in US history.
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After 6 postponements, Boeing Starliner capsule set for June 5 launch to s
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
"NASA, Boeing, and ULA (United Launch Alliance) are forgoing a Crew Flight Test launch attempt on June 2, to give the team additional time to assess a ground support equipment issue," NASA said today.
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Boeing's Starliner launch with Sunita Williams onboard called off minutes
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
NASA said that astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore exited their spacecraft and were transported back to their quarters at the Kennedy Space Centre's Neil A Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building, remaining in quarantine as they await Starliner's next launch attempt.
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Boeing and NASA call off Starliner spacecraft launch
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
This mission follows years of development and setbacks for Boeing's Starliner, which aims to rival SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft in crewed spaceflight.
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Sunita Williams flies to ISS on NASA's Boeing Starliner tonight; 3rd time
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
"I'm very proud of the teams who have worked really hard the last two and a half weeks to prepare for launch," said Steve Stich, manager, NASA's Commercial Crew Program. "We're really ready to go fly" he said.
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Sunita Williams' piloted Starliner's debut crew launch to space pushed to
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Both Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore continue practicing in Starliner simulators and the crew that remains quarantined will fly back to NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida closer to the new launch date, the space agency said.
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Boeing's Starliner crewed test flight to space with Sunita Willams onboard
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Williams and fellow NASA astronaut Barry Wilmore are assigned to fly Boeing's Starliner spacecraft on a Atlas 5 rocket of the rocket company United Launch Alliance (ULA) from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to the International Space Station (ISS).
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Planned crewed launch of Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams on Boeing
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
NASA announced on social media platform X that the problem was identified with an oxygen valve on part of ULA's Atlas 5 rocket and that the space agency, Boeing and ULA have "scrubbed the launch opportunity on May 6 for the agency's Boeing Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station
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Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams to fly to space again on first cre
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The duo will launch to space from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida in the first crewed test flight of Starliner. The flight, if it succeeds will become the second private firm being able to provide crew transport to and from the ISS. Boeing's competitor Elon Musk's SpaceX was
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PM Modi likely to inaugurate Aero India 2019
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 7 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to inaugurate the 12th edition of "Aero India 2019" which will commence from February 20 and will host a number of spectacular events out of which some are going to be held for the very first time. Indian American astrona
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Sunita Williams among 9 astronauts to fly first commercial spacecraft
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], August 04 (ANI): The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on Friday (local time) announced the names of the first astronauts to fly on American-made, commercial spacecraft to and from the International Space Station.
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