Name the Indian-origin first female astronaut who docked with the International Space Station in June, 2024?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Sunita Williams
Sunita Williams, the Indian-origin NASA astronaut, flew as pilot on the first crewed test flight of the Boeing Starliner, which lifted off on 5 June 2024 and docked with the International Space Station the following day. Technical trouble with the capsule stretched the planned short stay into a mission of several months.
Kalpana Chawla, the first woman of Indian origin in space, flew on the shuttle and died in the Columbia accident of 2003. Sania Mirza is a tennis player and Karnam Malleswari a weightlifter — neither is an astronaut.