Fergie the Starliner Pilot

"My fingerprints are all over the Starliner and I'm thrilled to get the chance to go back to space on a vehicle that I helped design from the ground up." -Chris Ferguson

Chris "Fergie" Ferguson has spent more than 40 days in space over three American space shuttle missions, including the final mission in 2011.  Now, he is a commercial test pilot for Boeing's new CST-100 Starliner spacecraft. The Starliner is designed to transport passengers and cargo to and from low-Earth orbit.

Image from NASA, artsy magic by Mickey Kulp.

But he's not doing this alone.  He is part of a team including NASA astronauts Eric Boe and Nicole Mann.

If you could pick two friends to travel in space, who would they be?  Tell me who and why at

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