Eric Boe

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Eric Boe
Eric Boe
Country: United States
Organization: NASA
selected on July 26, 2000
( 18th NASA Group )
Calls: 2 space flights
Start of the
first space flight: 		November 15, 2008
Landing of the
last space flight: 		March 9, 2011
Time in space: 28d 15h 34min
Space flights

Eric Allen Boe (born October 1, 1964 in Miami , Florida ) is an American astronaut .

education

Boe graduated from Henderson High School in 1983 and began studying at the US Air Force Academy . This awarded him a bachelor's degree in space technology in 1987 . In 1997, he graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a Masters of Science degree in electrical engineering .

Astronaut activity

He was selected as an astronaut by NASA in July 2000 and joined the Johnson Space Center in August 2000 . In the following two years of training and education, he achieved the qualifications to pilot spacecraft and station work.

STS-126

On November 15, 2008, Boe started his first space flight as a pilot of the space shuttle Endeavor .

STS-133

On September 18, 2009, Boe was nominated as a pilot for the STS-133 mission to the ISS. The take-off took place on February 24, 2011, the landing on March 9. Boe was the last pilot of the space shuttle Discovery .

Commercial spaceships

In 2015, NASA introduced Boe as one of four test pilots for future commercial spacecraft. Together with Robert L. Behnken , Douglas G. Hurley and Sunita Williams , he should familiarize himself with the spacecraft CST-100 from Boeing and Dragon V2 from SpaceX. In August 2018, Boe was nominated as a crew member for the first manned flight of the CST-100. In January 2019, NASA announced that Boe was unable to fly for health reasons and would be replaced by Michael Fincke .

Private

Boe grew up in Atlanta , Georgia . He is married and has two children.

See also

Web links

Commons : Eric Boe  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

swell

  1. ↑ NASA names crew for final space shuttle mission. Spaceflight Now, September 18, 2009, accessed September 19, 2009 .
  2. ↑ Jeff Foust: NASA assigns astronauts to first commercial crew missions. Space News, August 3, 2018, accessed January 7, 2019 .
  3. ↑ NASA: NASA Announces Updated Crew Assignment for Boeing Flight Test. January 22, 2019, accessed January 27, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Boe, Eric
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Boe, Eric Allen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American astronaut
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Miami , Florida