{"id":19095,"date":"2017-01-23T17:56:41","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T09:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/boeing-hints-that-itll-unveil-its-starliner-spacesuits-and-maybe-wholl-wear-them\/"},"modified":"2017-01-23T17:56:41","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T09:56:41","slug":"boeing-hints-that-itll-unveil-its-starliner-spacesuits-and-maybe-wholl-wear-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/boeing-hints-that-itll-unveil-its-starliner-spacesuits-and-maybe-wholl-wear-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Boeing hints that it\u2019ll unveil its Starliner spacesuits \u2013 and maybe who\u2019ll wear them"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_305194\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-305194\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full-width wp-image-305194\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/170123-boeing-suit-630x353.jpg\" alt=\"Boeing spacesuit patch\" width=\"630\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/170123-boeing-suit-630x353.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/170123-boeing-suit-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/170123-boeing-suit-1240x694.jpg 1240w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/170123-boeing-suit.jpg 1279w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-305194\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A quick shot from a Boeing video shows a Starliner patch on a blue spacesuit. (Boeing Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Boeing\u2019s Starliner space taxi won\u2019t be carrying astronauts to the International Space Station for at least another year and a half, but we may soon find out what they\u2019ll be wearing.<\/p>\n<p>We may even find out who the first test pilots will be.<\/p>\n<p>Boeing Defense teased its coming attractions in a tweet proclaiming that its \u201cCST-100 Starliner is suiting up,\u201d accompanied by pictures showing design sketches and details for spacesuits in Boeing blue.<\/p>\n<p>The unveiling is scheduled for Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=b0yle&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=823564001024049152&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geekwire.com%2F2017%2Fboeing-starliner-spacesuits-tease%2F&amp;sessionId=7d0f04fc266a86e883a4da1a86a4fcec38492291&amp;siteScreenName=geekwire&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" data-tweet-id=\"823564001024049152\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782803549361975267=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">T-minus 48 hours #Starliner #BoeingSpace pic.twitter.com\/jWloZoIuGQ<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Boeing Defense (@BoeingDefense) January 23, 2017<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In a follow-up tweet, Boeing told its followers that they should \u201ctune in to see\u201d an American flag on the suit, and noted that part of Starliner\u2019s mission is to retrieve a flag that was left on the space station during the last space shuttle flight in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The commander for that flight&nbsp;was Chris Ferguson, who since retired from NASA and is now director of crew and mission operations for Boeing\u2019s Commercial Crew Program. Ferguson just might serve as Boeing\u2019s test pilot for Starliner\u2019s first crewed test flight, currently set for August 2018.<\/p>\n<p>NASA\u2019s plan&nbsp;calls for a Boeing pilot and a NASA astronaut to take that first Starliner trip. Boeing originally had intended to announce who would be on that flight, and unveil the spacesuits, back in the summer of 2015. But getting the Starliner through testing has been taking longer than anticipated.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s tweet hints that at least some revelations are finally at hand.<\/p>\n<p>But about that flag: The Old Glory that was left on the station in 2011 is supposed to go to the first crew to arrive on a U.S.-made spaceship launched from a U.S. spaceport&nbsp;\u2013 and the current schedule calls for SpaceX\u2019s Crew Dragon to fly the&nbsp;first crew, in May 2018. The schedule has repeatedly shifted to the right, however, so the winner in this commercial space race is still up in the air.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update for 9:55 a.m. PT Jan. 24:<\/strong> Actually, NASA named the four astronauts for the first commercial crew missions back in the summer of 2015, as Boeing had originally anticipated. They\u2019re Robert Behnken, Eric Boe, Doug Hurley and Sunita Williams.<\/p>\n<p>In a tweet, Ars Technica\u2019s Eric Berger suggests it\u2019s too early to say which astronaut is destined to go on Boeing\u2019s first Starliner flight \u2013&nbsp;or on SpaceX\u2019s, for that matter:<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=b0yle&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=823920206259126273&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geekwire.com%2F2017%2Fboeing-starliner-spacesuits-tease%2F&amp;sessionId=7d0f04fc266a86e883a4da1a86a4fcec38492291&amp;siteScreenName=geekwire&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" data-tweet-id=\"823920206259126273\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782803549361975267=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Crew decisions are at least several months from being made for the first commercial flights. https:\/\/t.co\/3IC1hsu1VN<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eric Berger (@SciGuySpace) January 24, 2017<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>But he says it\u2019s not too early to guess&nbsp;who\u2019ll be wearing Boeing\u2019s spacesuit when it\u2019s unveiled:<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; 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