Sunita Williams Becomes First Woman to Pilot Spacecraft on Test Mission, Making History
In a historic milestone, Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams has become the first woman to pilot a new spacecraft on its inaugural crewed test flight to space. On June 5, 58-year-old Sunita Williams, alongside NASA astronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore, launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard Boeing’s Starline capsule. The mission, named Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT)

