<h5>Meet Sunita Williams!</h5><p>Sunita Williams is an Indian-origin US astronaut who has travelled to space.</p><p>She was selected as an astronaut by NASA in 1998. In 2006, she went to the International Space Station (ISS) on the Discovery spacecraft. She revisited the ISS in 2012.</p><p>She has performed numerous spacewalks and spent 322 days in space. This ranks her second in the list of the most time a woman has spent in space, after American astronaut Peggy Whitson.</p><p>She is looked up to as a role model by many youngsters who want to make a career in this field.</p><h5>Sunita Williams’ third spaceflight.</h5><p>Sunita Williams was scheduled to go to space for the third time on the Boeing Starliner spacecraft.</p><p>However, the spaceflight was postponed just hours before launch due to a technical issue with the rocket.</p><p>Williams and fellow astronaut Barry Wilmore were in their seats aboard the spacecraft, waiting to launch, when the issue was found. Fortunately, someone discovered the problem; otherwise, it could have resulted in an accident during or after lift-off.</p><h5>What is the Boeing Starliner?</h5><figure class="image"><img src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/newsahoot.appspot.com/o/sunita-williams-space-flight-aborted%2FStarliner.jpeg?alt=media&amp;token=41a00098-e636-4a03-be25-e827a6452a5a"><figcaption>Boeing Starliner spacecraft. Photo by Boeing.</figcaption></figure><p>Boeing has developed the Boeing Starliner spacecraft in collaboration with NASA. It can carry seven passengers or a combination of cargo and crew for various low-Earth orbit missions.</p><p>It can also be used to send astronauts to the ISS. This spacecraft can also be reused up to 10 times and also features wireless internet and other technology to help the crew.</p><h5>Indians who have travelled to space.</h5><p>Rakesh Sharma was the first Indian to go to space. In 1984, he travelled aboard a Russian-built spacecraft.</p><p>Other Indian-origin astronauts who have travelled to space include Kalpana Chawla, Raja Chari, etc.</p><p>ISRO will also be sending <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.newsahoot.com/articles/who-is-going-on-the-gaganyaan-mission">four astronauts to space</a> under the Gaganyaan Mission.</p>

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