1. Eric Allen Boe was born on October 1,1964 and is a retired United States Air Force fighter pilot, Colonel, test pilot, and a current, active NASA astronaut.
14 Facts About Eric Boe
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Eric Boe flew as the pilot of Space Shuttle missions STS-126 and STS-133.
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Eric Boe graduated from Henderson High School, Chamblee, Georgia, in 1983.
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Eric Boe was a cadet in the Georgia Wing of the Civil Air Patrol.
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Eric Boe is still a senior member in the Texas Wing of the Civil Air Patrol, along with his son, who recently became a cadet.
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Eric Boe earned a Bachelor of Science degree in astronautical engineering from the United States Air Force Academy in 1987, and a Master of Science degree in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1997.
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Eric Boe is married to the former Kristen Newman of Thousand Oaks, California, and they have two children.
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Eric Boe was commissioned from the US Air Force Academy in 1987.
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Eric Boe completed Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas in 1988.
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Eric Boe flew 55 combat missions over Iraq in support of Operation Southern Watch after the first Gulf War.
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Eric Boe has logged over 6,000 flight hours in more than 50 different aircraft.
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Eric Boe flew his second space flight as pilot on STS-133, the final scheduled flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery and the third-to-last flight of the Space Shuttle program.
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On January 22,2019, NASA announced that Eric Boe was unable to fly for medical reasons and replaced him with Michael Fincke.
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Eric Boe is a distinguished graduate with honors from the United States Air Force Academy, and was awarded the Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Fellowship for graduate studies.