Sunita Williams is on her third trip to the International Space Station (ISS). In her earlier missions, she brought an idol of Lord Ganesh and the Bhagavad Gita with her to space.
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On Thursday, the Boeing Starliner successfully docked at the ISS, carrying Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams and her fellow astronaut Butch Wilmore. Sunita Williams, at 59, is the first woman to pilot and test a new crewed spacecraft on its first mission.
Hugs all around! The Expedition 71 crew greets Butch Wilmore and @Astro_Suni aboard @Space_Station after #Starliner docked at 1:34 p.m. ET on June 6. pic.twitter.com/wQZAYy2LGH
— Boeing Space (@BoeingSpace) June 6, 2024
Back at the ISS for her third mission, Sunita Williams celebrated her arrival with a joyful dance and hugged the seven astronauts already on the station. She and Wilmore were greeted with the traditional bell-ringing ceremony, a longstanding ISS custom.
The Team, M31Global News