By Jackie Wattles, CNN
Photo: NASA
Longtime NASA astronaut Suni Williams announced her retirement Tuesday - officially making the unexpectedly long Boeing Starliner test flight her final foray to orbit as a member of the astronaut corps.
Williams, who has set multiple spaceflight records since joining the agency in 1998, did not give insight into the timing of her retirement in a statement issued by the space agency on Tuesday.
"Anyone who knows me knows that space is my absolute favourite place to be," Williams said. "It's been an incredible honour to have served in the Astronaut Office and have had the opportunity to fly in space three times."
Williams first travelled
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