<h5>Sunita Williams goes to space!</h5><p>Sunita Williams is an Indian-origin US astronaut who works for NASA and has visited the International Space Station (ISS) twice, in 2006 and 2012.</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.newsahoot.com/articles/sunita-williams-space-flight-aborted">Williams was supposed to go to space</a> for the third time last month on the Boeing Starliner spacecraft. However, the spaceflight was postponed due to a problem with the rocket.</p><p>After some delays, she flew to space again on 5th June 2024 along with Barry Wilmore and successfully reached the ISS on 6th June 2024.</p><figure class="image"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/newsahoot.appspot.com/Launch_a986b50ccd.jpg" alt="Launch.jpg"><figcaption>The launch of the Boeing Starliner. Photo by NASA.</figcaption></figure><h5>Happy dance goes viral!</h5><div class="raw-html-embed"><figure> <video width="100%" controls=""> <source src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/newsahoot.appspot.com/o/sunita-williams-does-happy-dance%2FDance.mp4?alt=media&amp;token=7321204f-85b2-4192-be1c-861e2c899912" type="video/mp4"> </video> <figcaption>Sunita Williams does her happy dance. Video by Boeing Space.</figcaption> </figure></div><p>Sunita Williams did a joyful dance upon reaching the ISS, swinging her arms playfully as she floated inside.</p><p>Though she couldn't do full Bharatnatyam steps in space, her joy was clear. After all, going to space is a big achievement.</p><p>She also became the first woman to fly and test a new crewed spacecraft during its first mission.</p><h5>Importance of this mission!</h5><p>Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore are the first to fly the new Boeing Starliner spacecraft. On the way to the ISS, they tested the spacecraft's performance.</p><p>They'll spend about a week in space doing experiments before returning to Earth.</p><p>This mission will help NASA test the new spacecraft's performance and see if it can be used as an alternative to the SpaceX spacecraft they currently use to transport astronauts.</p><p>If all goes well, NASA will use both Boeing and SpaceX spacecraft to transport astronauts to and from the ISS.</p>

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