NASA is replacing one of the astronauts on Boeing’s first crewed flight to the space station
NASA is replacing one of the astronauts assigned to fly on the first crewed test launch of the CST-100 Starliner, a capsule being developed by Boeing to take passengers to the International Space Station. NASA announced today that astronaut Eric Boe will no longer be flying on the mission due to unspecified “medical reasons.” Instead, NASA astronaut E. Michael “Mike” Fincke will take Boe’s place.
Boe was assigned to this flight in August of 2018, along with eight other astronauts taking part in the inaugural missions for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. (In fact, Boe’s been involved with the program for the last three years.) Through this initiative, two private companies — SpaceX and Boeing — have been developing capsules to ferry...