Suni Williams: Pilot of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test | Johnson Space Center

Suni Williams: Pilot of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test | Johnson Space Center

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are supporting NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test mission to the International Space Station. The duo launched aboard Boeing's Starliner spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida on June 5, 2024. The mission serves as the final flight test for the Starliner spacecraft and will be its first mission with crew.

NASA astronaut Sunita “Suni” Williams is the pilot of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test mission. She is a veteran of two missions: Expedition 14/15 in 2006 through 2007, and Expedition 32/33 in 2012. The Needham, Massachusetts, native conducted seven spacewalks over the course of her career, totaling 50 hours and 40 minutes. Before her career began as a NASA astronaut in 1998, Williams graduated with her bachelor’s degree in Physical Science from the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, before obtaining her master’s degree in Engineering Management from the Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne. In total, she has logged more than 3,000 flight hours in over 30 different aircraft.

Learn more about NASA’s Commercial Crew Program at: 

https://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew

Video Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 3 minutes, 24 seconds

Release Date: June 5, 2024

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