NASA Updates Astronaut Assignments: NASA announce today the assignment of two astronauts to the agency’s first Starline crew rotation flight. The Boeing-built spacecraft will ferry new U.S. astronauts to and from the International Space Station, ending NASA’s sole reliance on Russia for crew transportation and helping clear a path for future commercial missions

The NASA Starline Mission

The NASA Starline Mission will see a crew test flight of the Boeing Starline spacecraft, which is being develop as part of the Commercial Crew Program. The mission is currently schedule to launch in 2019. The test flight will be crew by NASA astronauts Mike Fence and Nicole Unau Mann, as well as Boeing pilot Chris Ferguson. The trio will launch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

Starliner will then rendezvous and dock with the International Space Station, where the crew will spend approximately two weeks conducting experiments and testing out the spacecraft. After undocking from the station, Starliner will return to Earth for a landing at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. This will be the first time that a commercial spacecraft has Carrie astronauts to and from orbit, and it is a key step in establishing a new era of American spaceflight.

What is the International Space Station?

The International Space Station is a large spacecraft that orbits Earth. It is home to six astronauts who live and work there for months at a time. The space station is also use as a laboratory for conducting science experiments in microgravity. The space station has been in orbit since 1998, and has been continuously occup since 2000. Astronauts from many different countries have live and work on the space station, including the United States, Russia, Japan, Canada, and Europe.

The space station is about the size of a football field, and is made up of many modules that were launch into orbit separately and then connect together. The modules provide living quarters for the astronauts, as well as workspace for conducting experiments. The space station orbits Earth at an altitude of about 250 miles (400 kilometers). It completes one orbit around Earth every 90 minutes, so the astronauts experience 16 sunrises and sunsets every day!

What is Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft?

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is a reusable spacecraft design to ferry astronauts to and from low Earth orbit. The spacecraft is design to land on a runway, making it easier and cheaper to recover than traditional space capsules. The Starliner is currently being develop by Boeing as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The first test flight of the spacecraft is schedule for 2018, with crew flights expect to begin in 2019.

When will the mission take place?

The mission will take place on March 2, 2019. NASA Updates Astronaut Assignments NASA has assign two veteran astronauts to the Boeing Starliner test flight: Eric Boa, a former space shuttle pilot, and Christopher Ferguson, a former commander of the International Space Station. They will join Nicole Aunapu Mann and Mike Finke, who were previously announce as part of the crew.

Who was selected for the first crew rotation flight?

NASA has announce the three astronauts who will be on the first crew rotation flight of the Boeing Starliner. They are Sunita Williams, Josh Cassada, and Eric Boa. Williams is a veteran astronaut who has previously flown on the Space Shuttle and spent more than 200 days on the International Space Station. Cassada is a former Navy test pilot who was select as an astronaut in 2013. Boe is a former Air Force test pilot who flew on two Space Shuttle missions.

What are the two astronauts new roles in the mission?

The two astronauts who were originally assign to the Boeing Starliner test flight have been reassign to other duties. NASA Updates Astronaut Assignments NASA officials said that the decision was made in order to free up the astronauts for other assignments. One of the astronauts, Christopher Ferguson, will now serve as Boeing’s commercial crew program manager.

He will be responsible for overseeing all aspects. Of the company’s efforts to develop a spaceship that can ferry humans to and from orbit. The other astronaut, Eric Boe, will become director of commercial spaceflight development at NASA. In this role, he will help manage the agency’s relationship. With private companies like Boeing as they work to develop new spacecraft.