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Washington DC [US], June 5 (ANI): NASA’s Boeing Starliner spacecraft piloted by Indian-origin Sunita ‘Suni’ Williams and fellow NASA astronaut Barry ‘Butch’ Williams lifted off to space on its historic maiden voyage toward the International Space Station. Sunita is the first female astronaut to fly on the first flight of a crewed spacecraft. The launch that marks Sunita’s third foray into space is the sixth inaugural journey of a crewed spacecraft in US history. The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the Boeing Starliner’s ‘Calypso’ capsule lifted off from the Kennedy Space Centre …