June 18: Astronaut Sunita Williams has been roped in to be part of Boeing’s long-delayed Starliner Crew Flight Test, which is not yet on NASA’s schedule, though. She got a chance after NASA revised crew for the manned flight.

“The Starliner Crew Flight Test, or CFT, the first to carry astronauts, is not yet on NASA’s flight schedule. But mission managers are hopeful the spacecraft will be ready to go by the end of the year, assuming no major problems are found in the wake of the just-completed unpiloted test flight last month. NASA may set a target date around the end of July, after the test flight reviews are complete. On board for the Crew Flight Test will be commander Barry “Butch” Wilmore, a veteran astronaut assigned to the fight in 2020, and Sunita Williams, a veteran who had been in training as commander of the Starliner’s first operational mission.”: CBS News

Unlike the first piloted test flight of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft in 2020, which lasted 64 days, the CFT mission will be limited to about two weeks “based upon current space station resources and scheduling needs,” NASA said. The agency is holding open the option of extending the flight and adding a third crew member if needed.