Boeing’s Ferguson Gives Up Seat On Starliner Flight Test

Irene Klotz October 07, 2020
Ferguson
Chris Ferguson (center) resumes his previous role as director of mission integration and operations.
Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz
CAPE CANAVERAL—Boeing astronaut Chris Ferguson is stepping aside as commander of the planned June 2021 CST-100 Starliner crewed flight demonstration mission to the International Space Station (ISS), citing family obligations. Ferguson, a former NASA space shuttle astronaut who commanded the final...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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