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Re: Flight crew assignments
« Reply #2760 on: 01/31/2018 09:14 am »
It seems, that Dan Burbank is NASA´s Director of Operations at at the TsPK.
The third round of Doug Wheelock in this function looks like a really short one.
Maybe Mr. Cassutt does have some information for us?
« Last Edit: 02/02/2018 07:12 am by Olaf »

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Re: Flight crew assignments
« Reply #2761 on: 02/01/2018 01:48 pm »
The answer from GCTC about Mr. Burbank:
"He is the Director of the NASA office in the Gagarin Research&Test Cosmonaut Training Center, that's why he was on that event."
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Re: Flight crew assignments
« Reply #2762 on: 02/01/2018 08:30 pm »
This post states Jessica Meir was beginning her training as a member of the Expedition 60/61 backup crew.  I have never seen who is training as backup for 58/59 or 59/60.  Anyone know who they might be?

Andrew Morgan will be a backup for 58/59!
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Re: Flight crew assignments
« Reply #2763 on: 02/02/2018 04:36 am »
This post states Jessica Meir was beginning her training as a member of the Expedition 60/61 backup crew.  I have never seen who is training as backup for 58/59 or 59/60.  Anyone know who they might be?

Andrew Morgan will be a backup for 58/59!
Jessica Koch will be back-up for 59/60.

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Re: Flight crew assignments
« Reply #2764 on: 02/02/2018 09:38 am »
This post states Jessica Meir was beginning her training as a member of the Expedition 60/61 backup crew.  I have never seen who is training as backup for 58/59 or 59/60.  Anyone know who they might be?

Andrew Morgan will be a backup for 58/59!
Jessica Koch will be back-up for 59/60.

Jessica Koch???

You mean Jessica Meir or Christina (Hammock)-Koch?

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Re: Flight crew assignments
« Reply #2765 on: 02/02/2018 10:05 am »
Sorry, of course Christina Koch.

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Re: Flight crew assignments
« Reply #2766 on: 02/02/2018 06:18 pm »
This back-up crews were mentioned in the NK forum:
for Soyuz MS-12: Andrei Borisenko, Nikolai Chub, Christina Koch
for Soyuz MS-13: Sergei Ryshikov, Jessica Meir, Soichi Noguchi

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Re: Flight crew assignments
« Reply #2767 on: 02/04/2018 01:03 pm »
Besides Astronauts Boe, Behnken, Hurley and Williams...are any other astronauts "assigned" to SpaceX and Boeing commercial flights?
I saw a preliminary schedule that had a 4 member crew (3 NASA / 1 CSA-JAXA or ESA) flying a Boeing mission after the initial 2 member flight.
Thank you.
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Re: Flight crew assignments
« Reply #2768 on: 02/04/2018 01:54 pm »
Besides Astronauts Boe, Behnken, Hurley and Williams...are any other astronauts "assigned" to SpaceX and Boeing commercial flights?
I saw a preliminary schedule that had a 4 member crew (3 NASA / 1 CSA-JAXA or ESA) flying a Boeing mission after the initial 2 member flight.
Thank you.

I have no inside information, but I'd be willing to bet dollars to donuts that Doug Wheelock will be on USCV-1.
« Last Edit: 02/04/2018 03:16 pm by Delta7 »

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Re: Flight crew assignments
« Reply #2769 on: 02/04/2018 07:12 pm »
Is Noguchi definitely attached to a Soyuz crew? My impression was that he was aimed at a late 2019 launch, which would imply a USCV?


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Re: Flight crew assignments
« Reply #2770 on: 02/04/2018 07:14 pm »
Besides Astronauts Boe, Behnken, Hurley and Williams...are any other astronauts "assigned" to SpaceX and Boeing commercial flights?
I saw a preliminary schedule that had a 4 member crew (3 NASA / 1 CSA-JAXA or ESA) flying a Boeing mission after the initial 2 member flight.
Thank you.

I have no inside information, but I'd be willing to bet dollars to donuts that Doug Wheelock will be on USCV-1.

No info to support this - but Stephanie Wilson wouldn't be a total shock to me either for an early Commercial Flight as she went from a Management Astronaut following around the end of the Shuttle Program, to back on the active list.

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Re: Flight crew assignments
« Reply #2771 on: 02/04/2018 08:07 pm »
Is Noguchi definitely attached to a Soyuz crew? My impression was that he was aimed at a late 2019 launch, which would imply a USCV?


Yes, he is currently assigned to the back-up crew of Soyuz MS-13.

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Re: Flight crew assignments
« Reply #2772 on: 02/05/2018 02:53 am »
A Boeing astronaut is on the first CST-100 flight. A better than even chance that this will be Chris Ferguson.

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Re: Flight crew assignments
« Reply #2773 on: 02/05/2018 07:47 am »
A Boeing astronaut is on the first CST-100 flight. A better than even chance that this will be Chris Ferguson.
Mr. Ferguson said this four years ago
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“So how about you? Would you like to do it?” I quickly inquired.
“I don’t know. Sure I’d like to go to space again, who wouldn’t like to go to space,” Ferguson mused, as we chuckled.
“But it’s a business for young, steely eyed missile men,” he replied, taking himself out of the running. … Maybe …
http://www.americaspace.com/2014/05/29/who-will-fly-aboard-boeings-1st-private-cst-100-space-taxi-one-on-one-interview-with-chris-ferguson-last-shuttle-commander/

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Re: Flight crew assignments
« Reply #2774 on: 02/05/2018 11:34 am »
http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=4087
Astronauts of NASA and JAXA arrived in the TsPK.

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Re: Flight crew assignments
« Reply #2775 on: 02/05/2018 05:27 pm »
Is Noguchi definitely attached to a Soyuz crew? My impression was that he was aimed at a late 2019 launch, which would imply a USCV?

I'm wondering if it's possible that some of the crewmembers assigned to Soyuz backup crews could wind up later being assigned to CCV launches, instead of Soyuz?
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Re: Flight crew assignments
« Reply #2776 on: 02/05/2018 05:56 pm »
Is Noguchi definitely attached to a Soyuz crew? My impression was that he was aimed at a late 2019 launch, which would imply a USCV?

I'm wondering if it's possible that some of the crewmembers assigned to Soyuz backup crews could wind up later being assigned to CCV launches, instead of Soyuz?
http://global.jaxa.jp/press/2017/11/20171107_noguchi.html#app4
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For the crew members’ round-trip to the ISS, the mission will employ the Russian Soyuz spacecraft or the new US manned spacecraft now being developed by a private company. This consequently requires me to complete the Soyuz spacecraft left-seater training as well as training for a new type of spacecraft that will become a leading player in future manned spaceflight.

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Re: Flight crew assignments
« Reply #2777 on: 02/06/2018 05:08 pm »
I apologize for the belated reply; I've been off-forum for a while.

In short, I owe an apology re: my commentary on other's opinions of Mr. Abbey.  (Yes, that was a "freshman" mistake.)

I do look forward to purchasing and reading Mr. Cassutt's new book.  I hope, if possible, that he'll do a book-signing in the DC area.

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Re: Flight crew assignments
« Reply #2778 on: 02/09/2018 07:39 pm »
Morgan, Skvortsov and Parmitano:

Walker, Skripochka and Babkin:
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Re: Flight crew assignments
« Reply #2779 on: 02/09/2018 08:27 pm »
And Noguchi, Ryshikov and Meir

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