As the final flight test for Starliner, NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test will validate the transportation system, including the launch pad, rocket, spacecraft,
in-orbit operational capabilities, and return to Earth with astronauts aboard.
Prior to being selected by NASA in 2000, the father of two obtained both his bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, before graduating with another master’s degree in Aviation Systems from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
NASA astronaut Suni Williams, pilot for the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test mission, poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.NASA astronauts will launch aboard Boeing's Starliner spacecraft on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket to the International Space Station.
Wilmore and Williams will live and work alongside the Expedition 71 crew for about a week before boarding Starliner for return to Earth. After undocking, the next flight test objective will assess manual piloting of Starliner before switching back to autonomous operations. The crew will spend approximately six hours in the spacecraft from undocking until its first landing opportunity.
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