{"id":21566,"date":"2022-06-17T16:55:35","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T11:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=21566"},"modified":"2022-07-25T12:24:12","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T06:54:12","slug":"aerospace-giant-nasa-declares-astronaut-assignments-for-boeing-starliner-test-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/17\/aerospace-giant-nasa-declares-astronaut-assignments-for-boeing-starliner-test-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Aerospace giant NASA declares astronaut assignments for Boeing Starliner test flight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On the flight will be CFT Commander Barry \u201cButch\u201d Wilmore, who was given by NASA to the prime crew in October 2020, along with NASA astronaut Suni Williams, who will be the pilot.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NASA\u2019s Boeing Starliner-1 mission <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Williams was the backup test pilot for CFT while she was assigned as commander of NASA\u2019s Boeing Starliner-1 mission. NASA says Williams is replacing NASA astronaut Nicole Mann as a CFT pilot, who was originally given to the mission in 2018. Mann was reassigned in 2021 to the agency\u2019s SpaceX Crew-5 mission.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, who was previously assigned as the Joint Operations Commander for CFT, will now train as the backup spacecraft test pilot, and remains eligible for assignment to a future mission, according to the news information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMike Fincke has dedicated the last nine years of his career to these first Boeing missions and Suni the last seven. Butch has done a marvelous job leading the team as the spacecraft commander since 2020,\u201d told Reid Wiseman, chief of, the Astronaut Office at NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was great to see Starliner\u2019s successful journey to the International Space Station during the Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) mission last month. We are all glancing forward to cheering on Butch and Suni as they fly the first crewed Starliner mission.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wilmore, Williams, and Fincke each have flown previously aboard the space station as long-duration crew members, according to NASA<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps is continuing to get ready for an upcoming long-duration mission on Starliner-1. NASA expresses it has also identified backup flight opportunities for Epps on the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft for additional scheduling and resource flexibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n