NASA Updates Astronaut Assignments for Boeing Starliner Test Flight
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WASHINGTON, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will fly two astronaut test pilots aboard the agency's Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission to the International Space Station, where they will live and work off the Earth for about two weeks.
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- WASHINGTON, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will fly two astronaut test pilots aboard the agency's Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission to the International Space Station, where they will live and work off the Earth for about two weeks.
- CFT commander Barry "Butch" Wilmore , whom NASA assigned to the prime crew in October 2020, will join NASA astronaut Suni Williams , who will serve as pilot.
- As CFT pilot, Williams takes the place of NASA astronaut Nicole Mann , originally assigned to the mission in 2018.
- The Starliner team is in the process of delivering the initial test flight data to NASA and jointly determining forward work ahead of a crewed flight.