Samantha Mathewson joined Space.com as an intern in the summer of 2016. She received a B.A. in Journalism and Environmental Science at the University of New Haven, in Connecticut. Previously, her work has been published in Nature World News.
Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, the crew of the first Crew Flight Test in Boeing's new Starliner spacecraft, set for May 6, 2024.from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 10:34 p.m. EST on May 6 .
Wilmore hails from Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, where his parents still live today. He is married to the former Deanna Newport, with whom he shares two daughters, according to his. Wilmore has a Bachelor of Science degree and Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Tennessee Technological University.
NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore arrive aboard T-38 jets at Kennedy Space Center's Launch and Landing Facility on April 25, 2024. Boeing Crew Flight Test pilot Sunita"Suni" Williams poses for a portrait at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.Sunita"Suni" Williams, who will pilot Starliner, was selected as an astronaut candidate in 1998. Prior to joining NASA, she served as a U.S.
When Williams was selected as an astronaut candidate in 1998, she was deployed aboard the U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Saipan. Following her astronaut training, Williams worked in Moscow with the Russian Space Agency on the Russian contribution to the space station and with the first Expedition Crew. She later worked within the Robotics branch on the space station's Robotic Arm and the follow-on Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator.
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