NASA just announced the commercial crew astronauts who will be flying the Boeing CST100 Starliner and the SpaceX Crew Dragon
Starliner Crew 1: Eric Boe, Chris Fergusun(Boeing Astronaut), Nicole Aunapu Mann*
Dragon Crew 1: Bob Behnken, Doug Hurly
Starliner Crew 2: Suni Williams, Josh Cassada*
Dragon Crew 2: Victor Glover*, Mike Hopkins
*denotes first spaceflight.
This doesn't include passengers who will be ferried to and from ISS on regular flights.
2019 will see two new human-carrying orbital spacecraft in operation, which will make 4 now (5 counting Orion) . Feels like the future is slowly inching its way forward, finally.
Starliner Crew 1: Eric Boe, Chris Fergusun(Boeing Astronaut), Nicole Aunapu Mann*
Dragon Crew 1: Bob Behnken, Doug Hurly
Starliner Crew 2: Suni Williams, Josh Cassada*
Dragon Crew 2: Victor Glover*, Mike Hopkins
*denotes first spaceflight.
This doesn't include passengers who will be ferried to and from ISS on regular flights.
2019 will see two new human-carrying orbital spacecraft in operation, which will make 4 now (5 counting Orion) . Feels like the future is slowly inching its way forward, finally.