Sunita Williams, an Indian astronaut, is prepared to take out for her third space mission on Tuesday as the pilot of Boeing’s Starliner spaceship on its first crewed test flight.
From Cape Canaveral in Florida, Boeing’s Starliner will launch for the International Space Station. Starliner is scheduled to transport Williams, 58, and Butch Wilmore to the International Space Station, perhaps signaling a historic and much anticipated triumph for the struggling Boeing program.
On Tuesday, the planned lift-off time is 8:04 am IST. Since we are all prepared, we are all present here. Williams was reported by the BBC as stating, “Our friends and family have heard about it and we’ve talked about it. They are happy and proud that we are part of the process to fix it all.” If the trip is successful, it will join Elon Musk’s SpaceX as the second private company capable of providing personnel transport to and from the International Space Station.