NASA announced today nine astronauts assigned to four Commercial Crew flights aboard Boeing and SpaceX spacecraft.
SpaceX’s demo mission 2 aboard its Crew Dragon spacecraft, which is targeted to launch in April 2019, will have Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley aboard. The first post-certification mission will be crewed by Victor Glover and Mike Hopkins.
Check out their bios below.
Boeing’s crew flight test aboard its Starliner spacecraft, which is targeted to launch in mid-2019, will have Eric Boe, Chris Ferguson and Nicole Mann on board. Boeing’s first post-certification mission will have Josh Cassada and Suni Williams aboard.
The missions are designed to test the vehicles that the companies are designing to take NASA astronauts to and from the International Space Station. The missions will be the first time since 2011 that American astronauts will launch on American rockets from American soil.