News Archive / Tagged: Chris Ferguson

• Boeing astronaut Chris Ferguson resigns from Starliner test flight

  Cullen DesforgesOctober 16th, 2020

  On Wednesday October 7, Boeing Astronaut Chris Ferguson announced that he has removed himself from the first crewed test flight of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft.

• Gallery: NASA Announces astronauts who will fly first Commercial Crew missions

  Jason RhianAugust 3rd, 2018

  HOUSTON, Texas -- On Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 NASA announced the astronauts who would fly the first flights of the capsules developed under the space agency's Commercial Crew Program. It was a pomp-filled event that could herald a new era in NASA's history.

• Rockets for Commercial Crew launches begin to come together

  NASAMarch 23rd, 2015

  The codes AV-073 and AV-080 may not mean much to many, but they mean a whole lot to former astronaut Chris Ferguson and the team of engineers and technicians who will assemble the first Atlas V rocket to launch a crew to the International Space Station. That test and a precursor flight without crew are part of […]

• What have we accomplished in three years? Life after STS-135

  Heather SmithJuly 12th, 2014

  On a hot summer morning in July of 2011, Space Shuttle Atlantis launched from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida marking the final flight of the Space Shuttle Program. It not only marked the end of the U.S.’ crewed program of record – but all signaled a potential turning point. What has the U.S. space […]