NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Commander Butch Wilmore and Pilot Suni Williams discuss their astronaut journeys and preparation to be the first humans to fly Starliner. HWHAP Episode 332.
Crew Flight Test: The Astronauts.” I’m Gary Jordan, and I’ll be kicking off this episode today. On this podcast, we bring in the experts, scientists, engineers, and astronauts, all to let you know what’s going on in the world of human spaceflight and more. And once again, I’m very proud to welcome yet another talented individual and her voice as a host of the podcast, Courtney Beasley. Courtney, welcome.I’m happy you’re the one doing this episode because your role is working with astronauts.
Born in Ohio, but considers Needham, Massachusetts to be her hometown, Suni has a bachelor’s in physical science from the U.S. Naval Academy and a Master of Science in engineering management from the Florida Institute of Technology. During her time in the Navy, Suni accumulated more than 3,000 flight hours in over 30 different aircraft, mostly helicopters. As a naval aviator, she was deployed overseas and served in leadership roles before being selected for U.S. Naval Test Pilot School.
NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” WIlliams, Boeing Crew Flight Test Commander and Pilot respectively, sit inside a T-38 trainer jet at Ellington Field in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Robert MarkowitzYeah. And test pilot school. There’s a fixed-wing program, a systems program, and a helicopter program. And we have some classes together, some of the basic classes, but large part of the year, you’re separated and they’re Helo guys, folks are off doing their thing.
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