Washington: Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams is among four astronauts who have been selected by NASA for commercial flights to the International Space Station (ISS) from US soil.
They will work closely with company-led teams to understand their designs and operations as they finalise their Boeing CST-100 and SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and operational strategies.
Sunita Williams, Robert Behnken, Eric Boe and Douglas Hurley will be trained for commercial spaceflights that will return American launches to US soil and further open up low-Earth orbit transportation to the private sector, the US space agency said.
"These distinguished, veteran astronauts are blazing a new trail -- that will one day land them in the history books and Americans on the surface of Mars," said NASA administrator Charles Bolden.
13/07/15 IANS/NDTV
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They will work closely with company-led teams to understand their designs and operations as they finalise their Boeing CST-100 and SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and operational strategies.
Sunita Williams, Robert Behnken, Eric Boe and Douglas Hurley will be trained for commercial spaceflights that will return American launches to US soil and further open up low-Earth orbit transportation to the private sector, the US space agency said.
"These distinguished, veteran astronauts are blazing a new trail -- that will one day land them in the history books and Americans on the surface of Mars," said NASA administrator Charles Bolden.
13/07/15 IANS/NDTV
