Eric Boe
Eric Boe | |
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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
- Eric Boe on the NASA website - biography, pictures and videos (English; PDF)
- spacefacts.de: Short biography
swell
- ↑ NASA names crew for final space shuttle mission. Spaceflight Now, September 18, 2009, accessed September 19, 2009 .
- ↑ Jeff Foust: NASA assigns astronauts to first commercial crew missions. Space News, August 3, 2018, accessed January 7, 2019 .
- ↑ NASA: NASA Announces Updated Crew Assignment for Boeing Flight Test. January 22, 2019, accessed January 27, 2019 .
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SURNAME | Boe, Eric |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Boe, Eric Allen |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronaut |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 1, 1964 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Miami , Florida |