The other astronaut with Williams is Butch Wilmore. They lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The mission finally took off after several delays. The commander of the mission is Wilmore, while Williams is the pilot for the flight test.
Houston: India-origin astronaut Sunita Williams flew to space for a third time on Wednesday. She was accompanied by one of her colleagues. Both of them are travelling in a Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft and will be taking a 25-hour flight to the International Space Station.
The other astronaut with Williams is Butch Wilmore. They lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The mission finally took off after several delays. The commander of the mission is Wilmore, while Williams is the pilot for the flight test.
Wilmore and Williams are the first astronauts to be launched on an Atlas V rocket and are currently experiencing microgravity on their way to the space station. The mission includes conducting a series of flight test objectives and also manually flying Starliner. Once they dock on ISS, they will be there for around a week, before returning to Earth.
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