Eric Boe

Eric Boe
Eric Boe
	NASA astronaut
Rank	Colonel, USAF
Time in space	28d 15h 34m
Selection	NASA Group 18 (2000)
Missions	STS-126; STS-133
Mission insignia

Eric Allen Boe (born October 1, 1964) is a retired United States Air Force fighter pilot, Colonel, test pilot, and a current, active NASA astronaut. He flew as the pilot of Space Shuttle missions STS-126 and STS-133.

Early life and education

Boe was born in

Georgia Institute of Technology in 1997. He is married to the former Kristen Newman of Thousand Oaks, California

, and they have two children.

Military career

Boe was commissioned from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1987. He completed Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training (ENJJPT) at

UH-1N

helicopter. He has logged over 6,000 flight hours in more than 50 different aircraft.

NASA career

Selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in July 2000, Boe reported to the Johnson Space Center in August 2000. Following the completion of two years of training and evaluation, he was assigned technical duties in the Astronaut Office Advanced Vehicles Branch and Station Operations Branch. His current technical assignment involves work with displays and controls for future space vehicles.^[3] He made his first trip to space as pilot of Space Shuttle Endeavour during STS-126 on November 14, 2008. Boe flew his second space flight as pilot on STS-133, the final scheduled flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery and the third-to-last flight of the Space Shuttle program.

In August 2012, Boe was named Deputy Chief of the Astronaut Office.

In July 2015, NASA announced Boe as one of the first astronauts for

CST-100 Starliner.^[5] On January 22, 2019, NASA announced that Boe was unable to fly due to medical reasons and replaced him with Michael Fincke.^[6]

Awards and honors

Boe is a distinguished graduate with honors from the United States Air Force Academy, and was awarded the Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Fellowship for graduate studies.

In addition to his current

Command Pilot/Astronaut

, his personal military decorations and service awards include:

Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal
Air Medals (2 awards)
Aerial Achievement Medals (5 awards)
Air Force Commendation Medals
(3 awards)
Air Force Achievement Medal
Combat Readiness Medal
Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards
(3 awards)
National Defense Service Medals (2 awards)
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
War on Terrorism Service Medal

References

^ "Astronauts and Cosmonauts (sorted by "Time in Space")". www.spacefacts.de.
^ "Civil Air Patrol colonel to pilot Space Shuttle Endeavour". November 13, 2008. Archived from the original on November 17, 2008. Retrieved November 14, 2008.
^ NASA (July 9, 2015). "NASA Selects Astronauts for First U.S. Commercial Spaceflights". nasa.gov.
^ NASA (February 9, 2017). "Astronauts Evaluate Crew Dragon Controls". nasa.gov.
^ "NASA Assigns Crews to First Test Flights, Missions on Commercial Spacecraft". NASA. August 3, 2018. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
^ Granath, Bob (January 22, 2019). "NASA Announces Updated Crew Assignment for Boeing Flight Test". NASA. Archived from the original on January 16, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2019.

External links

[1] "Astronauts and Cosmonauts (sorted by "Time in Space")". www.spacefacts.de.

[2] "Civil Air Patrol colonel to pilot Space Shuttle Endeavour". November 13, 2008. Archived from the original on November 17, 2008. Retrieved November 14, 2008.

[3] NASA (July 9, 2015). "NASA Selects Astronauts for First U.S. Commercial Spaceflights". nasa.gov.

[4] NASA (February 9, 2017). "Astronauts Evaluate Crew Dragon Controls". nasa.gov.

[nasacc_crew-5] "NASA Assigns Crews to First Test Flights, Missions on Commercial Spacecraft". NASA. August 3, 2018. Retrieved August 4, 2018.

[6] Granath, Bob (January 22, 2019). "NASA Announces Updated Crew Assignment for Boeing Flight Test". NASA. Archived from the original on January 16, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2019.

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