NASA Announces Astronauts to Fly on SpaceX Crew-2 Mission
NASA and its international partners have assigned crew members for Crew-2, which will be the second operational SpaceX Crew Dragon flight to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.
NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur will serve as spacecraft commander and pilot, respectively, for the mission. JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet will join as mission specialists.
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NASA Announces Astronauts to Fly on SpaceX Crew-2 Mission - spacexhttps://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/hzezrz/nasa_announces_astronauts_to_fly_on_spacex_crew2/< Megan McArthur is married to Bob Behnken
< I think its pretty cool Megan McArthur is going to be the pilot on the exact same craft that her husband, Bob Behnken, piloted.
< So the exact same seat position. But probably not the exact same seat, because Crew Dragon has different seat sizes available - IIRC. So if Bob wants to graffiti a little heart symbol for Megan's attention, he'll have to do it on the instrument panel or something!
< Megan McArthur just made a Twitter account and wished Bob a happy birthday!
https://twitter.com/astro_megan/status/1288097923385790464<< The NASA term is a bit weird Doug is the commander and Bob is the pilot but the commander is the one who actually pilots the spacecraft.
< Doug is the Spacecraft Commander.
Bob is the JointOps Commander (i.e. commander of ISS ops from within Demo-2 crew). This position holds the same seat and Dragon-specific responsibilities as the "pilot".
Edit: It's worth noting that, as other comments have pointed out, for most of NASA's history the "Commander" is generally the one who does any manual flying, even when other astronauts have the title "Pilot". I think this is true of Apollo, and I know it's true of the Shuttle, where every landing was flown by the Commander, not the Pilot (though the Pilot was fully qualified to replace the Commander, if need be, and otherwise served as a fully qualified check-pilot supervising the Commander's actions). And that tradition continued with Demo-2, where Doug did most or all of the actual manual control.
[Also: Shane Kimbrough flew on Shuttle Endeavour.