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Thursday, October 7, 2021
CONTINUITY: NASA Transfers Crew Assigned to Boeing Starliner to SpaceX Crew Dragon
As Starliner delays worsen, NASA plans to move some astronauts off the vehicle's first two flights and onto the SpaceX Crew-5 mission next year. https://t.co/kyQqIoYbht
— Eric Berger (@SciGuySpace) October 5, 2021
🚀 Astronauts @AstroDuke and @astro_josh have been reassigned to @NASA's @SpaceX Crew-5 mission. Mann and Cassada will serve as spacecraft commander and pilot, respectively, for this flight. Additional crew members will be announced later: https://t.co/z15Kfe0FeU pic.twitter.com/16jYsAFoDP
— NASA Commercial Crew (@Commercial_Crew) October 6, 2021
With the unmanned orbital test flight of Starliner “Hangar Queen” slipping into 2022, NASA decided the astronauts scheduled to make their first space flight on Starliner shouldn't have to wait any longer.
Posted at October 7, 2021 15:02