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PHOTO OF THE DAY: NASA Astronaut Suni Williams Prepares for Flight Test at Kennedy Space Center

By  //  May 7, 2024

Williams was selected as an astronaut by NASA in 1998

NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronaut Suni Williams gives a thumbs up during a mission dress rehearsal on Friday, April 26, 2024, at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (NASA image)

BREVARD COUNTY • KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA – NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronaut Suni Williams gives a thumbs up during a mission dress rehearsal on Friday, April 26, 2024, at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Williams was selected as an astronaut by NASA in 1998 and has been aboard the International Space Station twice. She is set to return to the space station for a third time, traveling aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft as a pilot.

NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore will also be aboard as commander.

Starliner is scheduled to liftoff atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 near Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 10:34 p.m. ET Monday, May 6.

NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test is one of the final flight tests for Starliner on its road to certification.

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