<ul><li>Sunita Williams, an Indian astronaut, is set to launch into space as the first female pilot of a newly developed human-rated spaceship.</li><li>She has previously made two space flights and has spent a total of 322 days in space.</li><li>Williams is preparing for her third trip on the International Space Station and the Crew Flight Test mission, which will be the first crewed flight for Boeing's Starliner spaceship.</li><li>The CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, designed by Boeing, can carry seven people on low-Earth orbit flights and has been in development for almost ten years.</li></ul>

Sunita Williams, an Indian astronaut, is scheduled to launch into space once more.

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